http://qs321.pair.com?node_id=11137431


in reply to Re^2: Is it safe to use external strings for regexes? (infinite loops)
in thread Is it safe to use external strings for regexes?

The section to which you linked goes on to say

Thus Perl allows such constructs, by forcefully breaking the infinite loop.


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