From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2003-04-27T21:05:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp and $

>>>>> "B" == Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> writes:

B> This means the description "$ matches end of string or before \n" is wrong
B> for Ruby. In fact, I'm not sure *what* exactly $ matches. Can anybody give
B> me a description of what $ matches in Ruby?

 $ match before \n or the end of string if it's not \n


B> I think this difference in behaviour is unfortunate, as I consider that "^"
B> and "$" are part of the lowest-common-denominator of regexp behaviour which
B> ought to be reasonably portable.

 Why use the broken P implementation ?


Guy Decoux