Re: [PATCH] git send-email: edit recipient addresses with the --compose flag

[Tait <git.git@t41t.com>]

> > > > > > +	if ($c_file =~ /^To:\s*+(.+)\s*\nCc:/ism) {
> > > > >
> > > > > Greedy operators are only supported with perl 5.10 or more... I think
> > > > > it's a bad idea to use them...
> > > >
> > > > The problem here was that a space should follow the field, but it may
> > > > not.  The user may unwarily backup over it.  "\s*" would match this
> > > > case.
> > > >
> > > > But if there is a space, it is included in the "(.+)".
> > >
> > > Not in any version of Perl to which I have access.
> > >
> > 
> > And if you see a space in (.+), your regex engine is buggy anyway.
> 
> So what does this script produce on your systems?
> 
> --8<--
> #!/usr/bin/perl -Tw
> use strict;
> my $ws = "To: \nCc:";
> 
> $ws =~ /^To:\s*(.+)\s*\nCc:/ism;
> 
> if ($1 eq ' ') {
> 	print "\$1 is equal to a space.\n";
> }
> -->8--

It does match a space in that case. I misunderstood the problem this was 
trying to solve. (Sorry for the confusion.)