Re: [boost] [regex][1.33.1-rc2] regression wrt 1.32.0

From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-06 11:15:04

Boris Kolpackov wrote:
> John,
> 
> "John Maddock" <john_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> 
>>>Following the logic above it will match all single letters in the
>>>string,
>>>no?
>>
>>No, because of the trailing $.
> 
> 
> The original expression had trailing $ as well but it didn't help much,
> did it?
> 
> So what's the verdict, is this a bug or a feature?
> 

Feature. Perl has the same behavior:

   $str = 'test.cidl';
   $str =~ s/(\.(idl|cidl|cdl))?$/E.idl/g;
   print "$str\n";

... prints:

   testE.idlE.idl

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