X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/13f27704e67ca16eefc14851c1cbf02be39509c6..d11389730686d2620d5490fa96eb210ea5837773:/regcomp.sym diff --git a/regcomp.sym b/regcomp.sym index 2178503..02b278c 100644 --- a/regcomp.sym +++ b/regcomp.sym @@ -86,13 +86,6 @@ CLUMP CLUMP, no 0 V ; Match any extended grapheme cluster sequence #* BRANCH BRANCH, node 0 V ; Match this alternative, or the next... -#*Back pointer - -#* BACK Normal "next" pointers all implicitly point forward; -#* BACK exists to make loop structures possible. -#* not used -BACK BACK, no 0 V ; Match "", "next" ptr points backward. - #*Literals # NOTE: the relative ordering of these types is important do not change it @@ -113,7 +106,7 @@ TAIL NOTHING, no ; Match empty string. Can jump here from outsi #*Loops #* STAR,PLUS '?', and complex '*' and '+', are implemented as -#* circular BRANCH structures using BACK. Simple cases +#* circular BRANCH structures. Simple cases #* (one character per match) are implemented with STAR #* and PLUS for speed and to minimize recursive plunges. #*