>>>>> "M" == Mauricio =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fern=E1ndez?= <Mauricio> writes: M> so M> 1 .. line =~ re M> behaves like M> true .. line =~ re This is in reality $. == 1 .. line =~ re it's probably in the category * discourage use of Perlish features by giving warnings. :-) Guy Decoux