On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 01:47:12PM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote:
> > /^_/
> >
> > What is that matching ?
>
> We've done this. It's matching a string that begins with '_'. Which is
> why, if you want to disambiguate you do /^{_}/ just like you do with
> variables.
No that won't work either. That matches the string {_}
It is the fact that ^ is the first char of the re that causes to to be interpreted
as a re special char.
> > So I would suggest something like one of : _
>
> Not sure about :, but how you do distinguish between _foo =>
> placeholder and _foo => &_foo?
Ah yes _ is out
Graham.
