[FWP] [corrections] Re: sexeger

[Jeff Pinyan <jeffp@crusoe.net>]

On Sep 15, Jeff Pinyan said:

>A language written as such could be matched by the following regex:
>
>  $CODE =~ /\A(?: $comment | $string | $other )+\z/xo;

That ought to be *, not +.

>To match the LAST comment in the code, we'd have to do
>
>  $CODE =~ /($comment)(?: | $string | $other )*\z/xo;

That first | is not supposed to be there...

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