From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2001-05-30T00:55:57+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15940] Re: Regexp (a\1)

>>>>> "B" == Benjamin J Tilly <ben_tilly@operamail.com> writes:

B> The example that I gave should give you different results before
B> and after your modification.  Neither will be what Perl gives.

 There will be also another difference, but this difference exist also in
perl5.6.0 vs perl5.6.1 and I don't know what choice make

 For example "aba" =~ /^(a(b)?)+$/;

 5.6.0  $1 = "a", $2 = "b"
 5.6.1  $1 = "a", $2 = ""


Guy Decoux