Hi,
I ran your code with a use re "debug"; at the beginning and here is what I got:
Compiling REx `(.*? )'
size 10 first at 5
1: OPEN1(3)
3: MINMOD(4)
4: STAR(6)
5: SANY(0)
6: EXACT < >(8)
8: CLOSE1(10)
10: END(0)
floating ` ' at 0..2147483647 (checking floating) anchored(SBOL) impli
+cit minlen 1
Guessing start of match, REx `(.*? )' against `is this odd or not?'...
Found floating substr ` ' at offset 2...
Guessed: match at offset 0
Matching REx `(.*? )' against `is this odd or not?'
Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=6
0 <> <is this odd > | 1: OPEN1
0 <> <is this odd > | 3: MINMOD
0 <> <is this odd > | 4: STAR
Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=6
SANY can match 2 times out of 2...
2 <is> < this odd > | 6: EXACT < >
3 <is > <this odd > | 8: CLOSE1
3 <is > <this odd > | 10: END
Match successful!
Guessing start of match, REx `(.*? )' against `this odd or not?'...
Not at start...
Match rejected by optimizer
Freeing REx: `(.*? )'
Looks like it actualy find other matches, but they where refused by the optimizer. The hell if I know why.
By the way, I'm using v5.6.1 on a Debian woody system.
Cheers
Leo TheHobbit
