On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 07:57:34AM +1000, 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?
<clinton>Well, that all depends what the meaning of the word work
is.</clinton>
Specificly, there may be cases where the normal matcher will return
different results then the DFA matcher, but we wanted the DFA one anyway.
Also, using the /f modifier promisses things about interpolated scalars,
which can't be determinied by the compiler.
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