Re^4: Regexp not capturing in named subrules (first)

in reply to Re^3: Regexp not capturing in named subrules
in thread Regexp not capturing in named subrules

For clarity, the regex expands to the equivalent of:

re = %r{
  (?:
    (?<thing>.+)
  ){0}
  (?<thing>.+)
}
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So, yes, (?<thing>.+) did match. It is just that the first instance didn't match. In Perl, %+ only records the captures of the first instance.

- tye

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