From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2002-12-14T12:45:21+09:00
Subject: Re: [RCR] Global Regexp Match Mechanism (//g)

Hi,

At Sat, 14 Dec 2002 11:53:20 +0900,
Austin Ziegler wrote:
> Okay; since 90% of what we need is present, why not add a new
> method to Regexp, #gmatch(str, pos = nil, flags = nil).
> Adding pos to #match seems a poor fit because of the flags
> argument already present.

Regexp#match in present takes only str.

> Also, if a MatchData is passed as str, it should implicitly
> call MatchData#end for pos unless pos is non-nil. IMO, being
> explicit about doing a //g-type match is a Good Thing.

MatchData as String?  Well, in such case I'd expect matching
to $& (equals $~.to_s).

-- 
Nobu Nakada