From: Andreas König Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 00:57:15 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Tiny nits in perlre.pod X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cc46d5f2e4ebe9a55062264f659bd3099f00a045;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git Re: [PATCH] Tiny nits in perlre.pod Message-ID: p4raw-id: //depot/perl@18438 --- diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod index 85ce658..17a9425 100644 --- a/pod/perlre.pod +++ b/pod/perlre.pod @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ perlre - Perl regular expressions This page describes the syntax of regular expressions in Perl. -if you haven't used regular expressions before, a quick-start +If you haven't used regular expressions before, a quick-start introduction is available in L, and a longer tutorial introduction is available in L. @@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ only for fixed-width look-behind. B: This extended regular expression feature is considered highly experimental, and may be changed or deleted without notice. -This zero-width assertion evaluate any embedded Perl code. It +This zero-width assertion evaluates any embedded Perl code. It always succeeds, and its C is not interpolated. Currently, the rules to determine where the C ends are somewhat convoluted. @@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ although it could raise an exception from an illegal pattern. If you turn on the C, though, it is no longer secure, so you should only do so if you are also using taint checking. Better yet, use the carefully constrained evaluation within a Safe -module. See L for details about both these mechanisms. +compartment. See L for details about both these mechanisms. =item C<(??{ code })>