From 51b1fee8f8a93a4f455760ce0fcead134d7a4a8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Father Chrysostomos Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:27:37 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] perlreapi.pod: Update RXf_SKIPWHITE section --- pod/perlreapi.pod | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/pod/perlreapi.pod b/pod/perlreapi.pod index edcf9bb..68c23ad 100644 --- a/pod/perlreapi.pod +++ b/pod/perlreapi.pod @@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ the C operator. =item RXf_SKIPWHITE +This flag was removed in perl 5.18.0. It is still #defined, so you can +set it, but doing so will have no effect. This is how it used to work: + If the flag is present in C<< rx->extflags >> C will delete whitespace from the start of the subject string before it's operated on. What is considered whitespace depends on if the subject is a -- 1.8.3.1