From: michael libby <x@...>
Date: 2002-08-10T11:12:00+09:00
Subject: Re: The problem with using $1 in regexps

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On Friday 09 August 2002 21:05, michael libby wrote:
> The advantage to the OO syntax is that a non-match would raise an error
> when you tried to call MatchData#size, because you would be trying to
> send 'size' to nil. Which ain't happenin'.

For the sake of correctness you would not be calling MatchData#size, but 
rather MatchData#[] to get at the numbered match. The resulting string is 
then the receiver for size.

 -michael

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