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'eagerness' of expression matching in perl5 emmulator

           Summary: 'eagerness' of expression matching in perl5 emmulator
           Product: ORO
           Version: 2.0.6
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows NT/2K
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: Main
        AssignedTo: [email protected]
        ReportedBy: [email protected]


Hi. This is not a bug. just wondering if there is a way to set the Perl5Matcher 
to find the shortest possible match to an expression rather then the longest.
eg:
if have a string acbdb and an expression a(.*)b
the match i get is obviously acbdb and not acb. 

is there a way to configure one of the objects to do what i want or do i have 
to use a[^b]*b?