Re^3: Named capture backreferences cannot be used in character classes?

They changed at one point; IIRC it used to be something like (?p{...}); I think Ilya originally envisioned it as a limited scope version of a hypothetical qr/foo$bar/p that would at match time use the current value of $bar.

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Re^4: Named capture backreferences cannot be used in character classes? ( (?p{ code }) became by Anonymous Monk on Sep 30, 2013 at 07:05 UTC
It was renamed to perlre/(??{ code }) in Fri, 3 Mar 2000 02:19:50 +0000 (02:19 +0000) http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/14455d6cc193f1e4316f87b9dbe258db24ceb714 and finaly removed in http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl/pod/perl5100delta.pod#%28?p{}%29_has_been_removed	[reply]
Re^4: Named capture backreferences cannot be used in character classes? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 30, 2013 at 08:45 UTC
Thanks for the information. According to anonymonks addendum, this all pre-dates my first use of Perl which started just a couple of weeks before I found this place in June, 2002. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]


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