From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2002-12-14T04:18:39+09:00
Subject: Re: [RCR] Global Regexp Match Mechanism (//g)

Hi,

At Sat, 14 Dec 2002 02:46:23 +0900,
Austin Ziegler wrote:
> Why should the String keep track of the "pos" if the string
> has been mutated? In the code that I am trying to convert, if
> the string is modified, the code itself is responsible for
> resetting the \G position. IMO, the functions which prepend
> should invalidate the matchpos (e.g., nil).

The costs are almost same, and feel expensive to me.  Even if
not, I can't agree it because of the thread unsafeness.

-- 
Nobu Nakada