Re: LPeg capturing too much?

[Michael Wolf <miwo@...>]

Peter Odding wrote:
> Hi all! I’m trying to write an LPeg parser for semi-structured text 
> ala Textile & Markdown. It’s coming along very nicely: I think I’m 
> almost done! However I’ve run into a pattern with LPeg that I can’t 
> seem to get right. Quoting from my command-prompt:
>
> > = lpeg.match(lpeg.P'*' * lpeg.C((1 - lpeg.S'\r\n\f*')^1) * '*', 
> '*emphasis*')
> emphasis*
>
> Did I mis-interpret the manual or is this a bug? Quoting part of the 
> summary table from the LPeg manual:
>
>     patt1 - patt2    Matches patt1 if patt2 does not match.
Hi Peter!

I interpret the manual like you, it should work. And it works correctly 
with lpeg 0.4 but not with 0.5!
So I think it's a bug in the 0.5 version.

BR
Michael