Re: $& and copying: rfc 158 (was Re: RFC 110 (v3) counting matches)

[email protected] (Mark-Jason Dominus) Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:00:43 -0400

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> in any case, i think we have a fair agreement on rfc 158 and i will
> freeze it if there is no further comments on it.

In light of this:

 $&      The string matched by the last successful pattern match (not
         counting any matches hidden within a BLOCK or eval() enclosed
         by the current BLOCK).  (Mnemonic: like & in some editors.)
         This variable is read-only and dynamically scoped to the
         current BLOCK.

 (perlvar)

I think you should remove the parts of your propsal about making $& be
         autolocalized.

Thanks, Tom.