+1 "Simon Strandgaard" <neoneye / adslhome.dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:20040602230945.768b8989.neoneye / adslhome.dk... > Regexp.new is old, and relies on C'ish magic values. > > Lets write something ugly with the current initialize: > Regexp.new('a.*a', 5, 'U') > Thats the same as /a.*a/uxim > > The problem is these legacy values > Regexp::IGNORECASE = 1 > Regexp::EXTENDED = 2 > Regexp::MULTILINE = 4 > > I propose to let initialize take a hash. > > Regexp.new('a.*a', :ignorecase=>true, :extended=>true, :multiline=>true, :encoding=>:UTF8) > > > Ideas for other options: :interpret_warnings_as_errors, :verbose_mismatch > > -- > Simon Strandgaard > >