[Nms-cgi-devel] Re: [Nms-cgi-commits] CVS Commit %s

[Nick C. <ni...@cl...>]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 05:40:05AM -0800, Nick Cleaton wrote:
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	guestbook.pl 
> Log Message:
> Added \Q \E around variables in regexps where metacharacters in the
> variables shouldn't be interpreted by the regex engine.

I propose this convention for interpolating variables into regular
expressions:

  metacharacters interpreted:      (?:$foo) or ($foo)

  metacharacters not interpreted:  \Q$foo\E

Thoughts ?

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Nick