[PLUG] Regex condition match problem

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Kuskie <ckuskie at dalsemi.com> writes:

>> Also, PCRE is *not* Perl Compatible, in spite of the name.  So don't
>> confuse the two.

Colin> That's according to the maxim:

Colin> Only perl can parse Perl

Colin> right? (Hope I got the capitalization right)

Sort of.  Perl regex can include Perl code in the match (?{...}), so
unless PCRE embeds an entire Perl compiler, it cannot *ever* be
completely "perl compatible".

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