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Subject: Re: [9fans] regexp not greedy enough
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 19:46:53 +0100
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> using 's' is a bad idea.  'x' is much more powerful and more appropriate but
> takes a bit of a quantum leap to get to grips with it.

'x' is not always sufficient. 's' is sometimes necessary.