Re: RFC 144 (v1) Behavior of empty regex should be simple

John Porter wrote:
> Mark Dominus <[email protected]>:
> > 
> > This behavior should be changed.  If the PATTERN is empty, Perl should
> > look for the empty string.  (That is, if the PATTERN is empty, it
> > should always match.)
> 
> Except perhaps for undef loperands?  (matchees?  bindees?)

What did you think of this, M-J?  I didn't see any mention of it
in the RFC.

Iow:

	undef $x;

	if ( $x =~ // ) {
		print "This should not have happened.\n";
	}

Can't the definedness of the bindee be tested before stringization?

-- 
John Porter