On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:07:44AM +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > Package: perl > Version: 5.10.1-17 > Severity: wishlist > > Please output the right error message. > $ perl -cwe 's!(.)!$1[/G]!;' > Else no one will figure out that they need to do > Search pattern not terminated at -e line 1. > $ perl -cwe 's!(.)!$1\[/G]!;' > -e syntax OK
The error message is not bogus. The parser is looking for the /G'th element of the array @1, but /G is an unterminated search pattern. perl -e '$1[/G]' perl -e /G I don't think Perl can be expected to guess what you mean in this case. -- Niko Tyni nt...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
