Matz writes:

# In message "[ruby-talk:10417] Recall Regexp options?"
#     on 01/02/06, "Ben Tilly" <ben_tilly / hotmail.com> writes:
# 
# |Does this make sense to anyone?
# 
# No.  I should have compare all option flags for equal test.
# I'll fix it soon.
# 
# |PPS Coming from Perl I find it disconcerting to see
# |Ruby's /m flag combine options that I am used to seeing
# |separately as /s and /m.
# 
# In Perl, it is possible to specify /s and /m at the same time.  It
# probably is feature rich, but I find it disconcerting.

Well, FWIW, I've found /m, /s, and /ms useful in my Perl past.

Conrad Schneiker
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