Comment # 4
on bug 12522
from Christopher Maynard
(In reply to Thomas W. from comment #2)
> Created attachment 14668 [details]
> Capture to proof that wrong results are found
>
> Regex: xml matches "@@ V\?"
> Finds (guess): @@ D1
> Potential cause (guess): V is considered as optional as in V?
>
> Regex: xml matches "@@ V\\?"
> Finds nothing (as expected)
I'm certainly no Perl expert, but the behavior *seems* consistent with the
online Perl regex tester: http://www.regexplanet.com/advanced/perl/index.html.
What if you try: xml matches "\"@@ V\"?"
(In reply to Thomas W. from comment #3)
> Created attachment 14669 [details]
> Capture to play with double escaping of \
>
> Regex: xml matches "@@ V1\\*"
> Expected: no results, since there is no backslash in the XML
> Actual Result: @@ V1***** is found
No results are found if xml matches "\"@@ V1\\\\\"*" is applied. It looks like
an additional level of escaping is required.
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