From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2008-08-15T02:01:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Inconsistent regexp behavior

Glen Holcomb wrote:
> puts "toads suck".gsub(/(\s)/, "\\#{$1}")

Think about in what order the elements of this expression get evaluated. Then 
think about what the value of $1 is when "\\#{$1}" gets evaluated.

HTH,
Sebastian
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