From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2002-07-10T11:58:08+09:00 Subject: Re: String#split converts string args to regexes -- ? Hi, In message "Re: String#split converts string args to regexes -- ?" on 02/07/10, David Alan Black writes: |> (c) prohibit string pattern longer than 1. | |Why the one-character exception? I'm still not getting that. AWKish behavior is used too much to omit, and useful as well. matz.