buggy GNU-regexp, when using multiline+alternation

Simon Strandgaard · Dec 4, 2003

irb(main):001:0> /(?m)a*.a|b*.b/.match("0bab\nab1").to_a
=> ["0b"]
irb(main):002:0>

I would expect it to output "bab" !

Simon Strandgaard · Dec 4, 2003

Simon Strandgaard said:
irb(main):001:0> /(?m)a*.a|b*.b/.match("0bab\nab1").to_a
=> ["0b"]
irb(main):002:0>

I would expect it to output "bab" !

Silly me I must be tired, I swapped '*.' with '.*'... I take it back, no
problems.

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