Re: Patterns: Why are anchors not character classes?

["John Hind" <john.hind@...>]

Thu, 16 Jul 2015 18:24:43 -0400 Jonathan Goble <jcgoble3@gmail.com>

>So just use something else (though I don't know what to suggest). The
>main point is to use letters instead of punctuation to avoid breaking
>existing code.

On reflection, Jonathan, I agree completely. Maybe '%i' and '%e' for
"initial" and "end" - but since few of the codes have any discernible
mnemonic value, that is probably a secondary consideration!
Incidentally, this has the additional benefit of reducing "^" to one
unambiguous meaning and eliminating "$" as a special character.
But whether to actually deprecate them is a choice.



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