On Sat, 3 May 2008, Issaana@??? wrote:
> > 13. Added the PCRE_JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT option. This makes the following changes
> > to the way PCRE behaves:
> >
> > (a) A lone ] character is dis-allowed (Perl treats it as data).
>
> I tried the following script by some browsers on Windows.
>
> document.write('a]b'.match(/a]b/) + '<br>');
>
> IE7, Firefox3, Safari3 and Opera9 seem to treat a lone ] character as
> data.
Well, the folk who asked me to implement PCRE_JAVASCRIPT_COMPAT are KDE
developers who quoted a JavaScript definition that states otherwise.
They tested my patch in their application, and said that it fixed a
problem they had previously had. I myself know nothing about this issue.
I will pass your message to them for comment.
Philip
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Philip Hazel
