From: Christian Neukirchen Date: 2005-12-16T02:02:15+09:00 Subject: Re: regular expressions question Neil Stevens writes: > William James wrote: >> Ross, don't pay too much attention to unreasonable fanatics. >> >> The first edition of the Pickaxe says: >> >> "Having said all this, we have to 'fess up. Andy and Dave normally >> use the $-variables rather than worrying about MatchData objects. >> For everyday use, they just end up being more convenient. >> Sometimes we just can't help being pragmatic." > > How convenient that you quote that without quoting the drawbacks listed > first... Which drawbacks? > Neil Stevens - neil@hakubi.us -- Christian Neukirchen http://chneukirchen.org