ts <decoux / moulon.inra.fr> writes:

> >>>>> "D" == Dave Thomas <Dave / thomases.com> writes:
> 
> D>   a = /ab#{c}d/;
> 
> D> should not evaluate the substitution immediately, but should instead
> D> wait until I use the regexp object 'a'. Instead I get 'undefined
> D> variable 'c''.
> 
>  Same than perl 

I get it now, the 'onceness' is associated with the node in the parse
tree, rather than with the regular expression itself. That's slightly
anomalous, but reasonable.

Nothing like having to document something to reveal how little you
know about it ;-)


Dave