Re: Is the skip: directive broken in Parse::RecDescent ?

[ikegami]

<skip:qr/#\w+/> 'foo' 'bar'
is equivalent to
/(?>#\w+)(?>foo)(?>#\w+)(?>bar)/

/#\w+/ isn't matched by the "#skdjslkdjsakdjadjlksa\n" before "foo" (note the newline).
/#\w+/ isn't matched by the "" before "bar".

I think you want <skip:qr/(?:#\w+\n)?/>

By the way,
/#\w+/ 'foo' 'bar'
is equivalent to
/(?>\s*)(?>#\w+)(?>\s*)(?>foo)(?>\s*)(?>bar)/
since the default skip is /\s*/.

Update: Added "by the way" bit.

[Hercynium]

Thanks again, ikegami. You've given me another avenue to search for my solution. I'm curious though - the trace shows that the skip block is being treated like a production... and it's returning a value! [\s*]

Do all modified prefix matches return this, or just skip directives?

[ikegami]

Quote the docs,

The <skip> directive evaluates to the previous terminal prefix, so it's easy to reinstate a prefix later in a production

(Followed by an example)

[Hercynium]

Silly me... I think by then my brain was too frazzled to understand the docs! Thanks!