Re: [MacPerl] Re: Troubles while using m/

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

At 23.35 10/22/97, Patton, Paul B (MN10) wrote:
>Maybe someone with a more complete history of perl versions and
>documents can determine if the "c" modifier is a new feature that has
>just been added, an old feature that has just gone away, or a
>proposed feature that was implemented sporadically. It would also be
>worthwhile to assure that the latest perlop.pod and implementation
>agree with each other.

>From the perl5.004 "Changes" file (in the perl5.004_04 source distribution).  I am guessing here that the versions you tested which do NOT support m//gc are pre 5.004.

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Version 5.004
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"Hey, Rocky!  Watch me pull a release out of my hat!"
"Aww, that trick never works..."

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

  Title:  "Make C<m//g> reset pos on failure; make C<m//gc> not reset"
   From:  Chip Salzenberg
  Files:  dump.c op.c op.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfaq6.pod
          pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c regcomp.c
          t/op/pat.t toke.c

  ------  DOCUMENTATION  ------

  Title:  "Document //gc"
   From:  abigail@fnx.com (Abigail)
 Msg-ID:  <199709232302.TAA27947@fnx.com>
  Files:  pod/perlop.pod

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