| Ticket UUID: | cb03e57a7b24d22c071acc1b00bc1d91649d1d79 | ||
| Title: | Non-existent variables are ignored if re is {} | ||
| Type: | Bug | Created on: | 2020-10-21 02:19:14 |
| Submitter: | stu | Assigned to: | jan.nijtmans |
| Subsystem: | 43. Regexp | Severity: | Important |
| Priority: | 5 Medium | Last modified: | 2025-11-11 19:52:09 |
| Status: | Closed | Closed by: | jan.nijtmans |
| Resolution: | Fixed | Closed on: | 2025-11-11 19:52:09 |
| Version: | |||
| Description: | ||||
"This should not be!"
% unset -nocomplain q
% regexp {.} $q
can't read "q": no such variable
% regexp {} $q
1
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| User Comments: | ||||
stu (claiming to be Stu) added on 2025-11-08 02:19:14:
Same result with 9.0.3rc0.
emiliano on chat pointed out that this yields the same result as well:
% regexp {} [set q]
1
apnadkarni added on 2025-11-08 06:45:43:
So looks like an issue with the byte compiled form. apnadkarni added on 2025-11-08 07:43:11:
Proposed fix in branch bug-cb03e57a. jan.nijtmans added on 2025-11-08 23:23:31:
+1. Let's fix this for 9.0.3 jan.nijtmans added on 2025-11-11 19:52:09:
Fixed [58edb3342051de34|here] | ||||