Walter (Phobos): RegExp and dotmatchlf

[torhu]

Unknown W. Brackets wrote:
> Really?  It seems to be available many places:
> 
> Perl uses it, as I mentioned:
> http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html#DESCRIPTION
> 
> .NET uses it too:
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yd1hzczs.aspx
> 
> And of course, PCRE which allows the modifier ?s as well.  But it, like 
> Java, uses it as an int constant in a bitfield flag or similar.
> 
> Boost calls it "mod_s" for obvious reasons:
> http://www.boost.org/libs/regex/doc/syntax_option_type.html#Table5
> 
> JavaScript/ECMAScript notably does not support it.
> 
> But, XSLT 2.0/XPath 2.0 do include a recommendation for its support:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#regular-expressions
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/#flags
> 
> I would suggest that you wouldn't be in danger of exploring new 
> territory if you considered this as a flag.
> 
Python supports it too, as a flag to many of its regex functions.  It's 
called 'S', with the alias 'DOTALL'.  An 's' attribute for Phobos would 
be a welcome addition.