the third argument.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@31657
# part of s///, trailing spaces have to be kept as the initial
# part of the replacement string.
#
-sub stripRegex($$$){
+sub stripRegex($$;$){
my( $del, $sref, $sub ) = @_;
my $regex = $del;
print "stripRegex:$del:$$sref:\n" if $useDEBUG;