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diff --git a/doc/todo/nested_preprocessor_directives.mdwn b/doc/todo/nested_preprocessor_directives.mdwn index f38f94444..da7621a39 100644 --- a/doc/todo/nested_preprocessor_directives.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/nested_preprocessor_directives.mdwn @@ -32,3 +32,16 @@ nesting, a new syntax would be needed. Maybe something xml-like? >> once I satisfy myself it doesn't blow up in any edge cases. >> (It also adds triple single quotes as a third, distinct type of quotes, >> which feels a bit redundant given the here docs.) --[[Joey]] +>> +>> Hmm, that patch changes a `m///sgx` to a `m///msgx`. Meaning +>> that any '^' or '$' inside the regexp will change behavior from matching +>> the start/end of string to matching the start/end of individual lines +>> within the string. And there is one legacy '$' which must then +>> change behavior; the "delimiter to next param". +>> +>> So, I'm not sure what behavior that will cause, but I suspect it will +>> be a bug. Unless the `\s+|$' already stops matching at a newline within +>> the string like it's whitespace. That needs more alalysis. +>> +>> Also, the patch seems incomplete, only patching the first regexp +>> but not the other two in the same function, which also are quoting-aware. --[[Joey]] |