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On 24/12/14 07:55 PM, Paul K wrote:
if I have the pattern "(.)(.?)(.?)" and I try to match "ab" where's the b gonna go?
"b" should go with the second capture as it's still greedy (the
question mark makes it optional, but if there is something to capture,
it will be captured).

Paul.

On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Soni L. <fakedme@gmail.com> wrote:
<SoniEx2> if I have the pattern "(.)(.?)(.?)" and I try to match "ab"
<SoniEx2> where's the b gonna go?
<SoniEx2> (or is that undefined?)

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What if the implementation does it backwards for some reason?

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