> Page 13 tells use about C<let> decls. But it also says that the topic must > be a regex. Whilst it explains that this isn't really a problem, I'm not > sure that it justifies it. So perhaps someone can clarify why this > (hypothetical) code in not a reasonable generalization:
Because Perl code doesn't backtrack (except within regexes). Exceptions and backtracking are quite different. If you want hypothetical *code*, put it in a regex. Damian
