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This core dumps on 5.8.3 - I dunno if upgrading can be classed as a solution :-)
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<b>Update:</b> Oh, and perlre (on 5.8.3) says:
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<code>"(?{ code })"</code><br />
WARNING: This extended regular expression feature is considered highly experimental, and may be changed or deleted without notice.
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I think exploding satisfies the whole "highly experimental" bit.
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There is however a simple way of making the code work: you have too many question marks. Try:
<code>
print "$_ ", /(.*)(?{$countSpaces->()})/ ? "has 1 or no spaces\n" : "has more than one space\n";
</code>
...in the right place. The output is:
<code>
this line has more than one space
has more than one space
that_is_5_spaces
has more than one space
This isonespaceonly
has more than one space
therearenospaceshere
has 1 or no spaces
</code>
...which looks like (almost) the right output to me.
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<b>Update 2</b> Erm, ah. Doh. <code>(??{ code })</code> is perfectly valid according to perlre too - put equally experiment. Nevermind. Using highly experimental features is probably a bad idea.
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