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NAME

Regexp::Whitespace - Whitespace insensitivity for regexes

SYNOPSIS

    use Regexp::Whitespace ();

    my $re = Regexp::Whitespace->new( 'a b c', 'w' );

    "a   b\t\n c" =~ $re; # true

DESCRIPTION

    THIS IS A pre-alpha RELEASE.

This module implements a /w modifier for regexes that provides whitespace insensitivity.

  qr/a b c/w    => qr/a\s+b\s+c/

LIMITATIONS SO FAR

  * only supports a global 'w' modifier by now
  * only exact pieces are handled by now
    (which means things like / [ x] /xw are not transformed into
       / (?: \s+ | [x] ) /x

SEE ALSO

  perlre
  perlrecharclass (since Perl 5.10)

BUGS

Please report bugs via CPAN RT http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Regexp-Whitespace or mailto://bugs-Regexp-Whitespace@rt.cpan.org.

AUTHORS

Adriano R. Ferreira, <ferreira@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2008 by Adriano R. Ferreira

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.