Re: [] and () on rule modifiers

2005-11-05 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 01:26:14PM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: : A05 currently says: : : The first space in : : /[:w foo bar]/ : : matches \s* before "foo". That's usually what you want, : but if it's not what you want, you have a little problem. : Unfortunately y

[] and () on rule modifiers

2005-11-04 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
A05 currently says: The first space in /[:w foo bar]/ matches \s* before "foo". That's usually what you want, but if it's not what you want, you have a little problem. Unfortunately you can't just say: /[:wfoo bar]/ That won't work because it'll look for