Re: [PATCH] lint-gitlink: don't use empty lower bound in .{0,8}

[Tuomas Ahola <taahol@utu.fi>]

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> Tuomas Ahola <taahol@utu.fi> writes:
> 
> > The regex quantifier {,n} was added in Perl 5.34.0 as a shorthand
> > for {0,n}.  That makes it too new an introduction for Git which
> > targets Perl 5.26.0.
> >
> > Even though Documentation/lint-gitlink.perl is a development helper
> > script, let's stick to the general Perl version requirement for
> > consistency, and use an explicit zero in .{0,8}.
> 
> I am curious how you found this.
> 
> I somehow find it unlikely that you were sticking to Perl 5.26, ran
> "make -C Documentation lint-docs" and saw your tad old Perl complain
> for syntax too new.

Well, that's what happened (although my Perl wasn't exactly 5.26).

> 
> Perl 5.26 is from May 2017 while Perl 5.34 is from May 2021 if
> https://cpan.org/src/ is to be believed.  
> 
> Will queue.  Thanks.