Robert Mathews wrote:
>
> > James Mastros wrote:
> > > [/f for fast DFA regexen]
> Jeremy Howard wrote:
> > The choice of algorithms is a great idea, but why do we need a modifier?
> > Isn't it a pretty straightforward set of rules that allow us to decide if a
> > DFA matcher will work? It would be a lot nicer if Perl could just notice
> > that the regex could be handled by its DFA matcher, all by itself.
>
> That would be nice, too, but a modifier would let you ensure that the
> DFA matcher was being used. You wouldn't have to guess whether a
> particular construct was DFA-able or not.
A modifier to ensure that the DFA was not used would be nice too.
--
Mathieu Arnold
