Possible pattern bug

[Michael Savage <mikejsavage@...>]

Hi lua-l,

( "[a] [b] c" ):match( "%[(.-)%] c" )
-> "a] [b"

>From http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4.1 or
http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#6.4.1:

> a single character class followed by '-', which also matches 0 or more
> repetitions of characters in the class. Unlike '*', these repetition
> items will always match the shortest possible sequence; 

The shortest possible sequence for the above is "b". Is this a bug?

Mike