On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Moritz Lenz wrote:
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> But since $input can contain closures, arbitrary code can be executed.
> I'd like to propose a way to compile a string to a regex which doesn't
> allow code execution.
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So would I.
I would also like it to be the default behaviour, since th
Some Perl 5 programs take a regex (in string form) as input, and simply
interpolate it into a regex.
In Perl 6, you'd do that as
my $re = rx/ <$input> /;
But since $input can contain closures, arbitrary code can be executed.
I'd like to propose a way to compile a string to a regex which doesn't
