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Re: "Can't happen" bugsby ikegami (Patriarch) |
on Jul 04, 2008 at 18:01 UTC ( [id://695610]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
A failed match doesn't clear $1
$1 is cleared by a successful match with no captures, or capturing a zero-length string.
It's a feature to make the error message easily findable in the source. *wink*
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