Re: regexp abbreviations matching

2004-07-13 Thread Luke Palmer
Luke Palmer writes: > Hans Ginzel writes: > > Hello, > > > >I am missing, in Perl5, some shortcut for matching not whole word, > > e.g.: > > > > /^--v(?:e(?:r(?:s(?:i(?:on?)?)?)?)?)?$/ > > > > Would there be something in Perl6? > > Well, I don't think there's an *exact* substitute f

Re: regexp abbreviations matching

2004-07-13 Thread Luke Palmer
Hans Ginzel writes: > Hello, > >I am missing, in Perl5, some shortcut for matching not whole word, > e.g.: > > /^--v(?:e(?:r(?:s(?:i(?:on?)?)?)?)?)?$/ > > Would there be something in Perl6? Well, I don't think there's an *exact* substitute for that maximally efficient pattern (b