Re: RFC 110 (v2) counting matches

> On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 08:47:25 -0400, Mark-Jason Dominus wrote:
> 
> >        m/.../Count,Insensitive   (instead of m/.../ti)
> >
> >That would escape the problem that we are running out of letters and
> >also the problem that the current letters are hard to remember.
> 
> Yes, but wouldn't this give us backward compatibility problems? For
> example, code like
> 
> 	$result = m/(.)/Insensitive, ord $1;

No, because that is presently a syntax error.  The one you have to
watch out for is:

        $result = m/(.)/s,Insensitive, ord $1;

> And, I don't really see the need for the comma.
> 
>         m/.../CountInsensitive   (instead of m/.../ti)

I guess, but to me CountInsensitive looks like one option, not two.