most likely cause of this error is that you left out a parenthesis inside
of the C<....> part.
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the problem was
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
discovered.
=item %s defines neither package nor VERSION--version check failed
(F) You used a pattern that nested too many EVAL calls without consuming
any text. Restructure the pattern so that text is consumed.
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the problem was
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
discovered.
=item Excessively long <> operator
(W regexp) A character class range must start and end at a literal
character, not another character class like C<\d> or C<[:alpha:]>. The "-"
in your false range is interpreted as a literal "-". Consider quoting the
-"-", "\-". The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the
+"-", "\-". The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the
problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item Fatal VMS error (status=%d) at %s, line %d
text. You should check the pattern to ensure that recursive patterns
either consume text or fail.
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the problem was
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
discovered.
=item Initialization of state variables in list context currently forbidden
=item Internal disaster in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
(P) Something went badly wrong in the regular expression parser.
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the problem was
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
discovered.
=item Internal inconsistency in tracking vforks
=item Internal urp in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
(P) Something went badly awry in the regular expression parser. The
-<-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the problem was
+<-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
discovered.
=item %s (...) interpreted as function
didn't correspond to a single character through the conversion
from the encoding specified by the encoding pragma.
The escape was replaced with REPLACEMENT CHARACTER (U+FFFD) instead.
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the
escape was discovered.
=item Invalid hexadecimal number in \N{U+...}
(F) The range specified in a character class had a minimum character
greater than the maximum character. One possibility is that you forgot the
C<{}> from your ending C<\x{}> - C<\x> without the curly braces can go only
-up to C<ff>. The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the
+up to C<ff>. The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the
problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator
(W regexp) The pattern you've specified would be an infinite loop if the
regular expression engine didn't specifically check for that. The <-- HERE
-shows in the regular expression about where the problem was discovered.
+shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was discovered.
See L<perlre>.
=item Maximal count of pending signals (%u) exceeded
=item Nested quantifiers in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
(F) You can't quantify a quantifier without intervening parentheses.
-So things like ** or +* or ?* are illegal. The <-- HERE shows in the
-regular expression about where the problem was discovered.
+So things like ** or +* or ?* are illegal. The <-- HERE shows
+whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was discovered.
Note that the minimal matching quantifiers, C<*?>, C<+?>, and
C<??> appear to be nested quantifiers, but aren't. See L<perlre>.
consuming any text. Restructure the pattern so text is consumed before
the nesting limit is exceeded.
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the problem was
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
discovered.
=item Parentheses missing around "%s" list
=item POSIX class [:%s:] unknown in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
(F) The class in the character class [: :] syntax is unknown. The <-- HERE
-shows in the regular expression about where the problem was discovered.
+shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was discovered.
Note that the POSIX character classes do B<not> have the C<is> prefix
the corresponding C interfaces have: in other words, it's C<[[:print:]]>,
not C<isprint>. See L<perlre>.
(W regexp) The character class constructs [: :], [= =], and [. .] go
I<inside> character classes, the [] are part of the construct, for example:
/[012[:alpha:]345]/. Note that [= =] and [. .] are not currently
-implemented; they are simply placeholders for future extensions and will
-cause fatal errors. The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about
-
where the problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
+implemented; they are simply placeholders for future extensions and
+will cause fatal errors. The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular
+
expression the problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item POSIX syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
with "[." and ending with ".]" is reserved for future extensions. If you
need to represent those character sequences inside a regular expression
character class, just quote the square brackets with the backslash: "\[."
-and ".\]". The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the
+and ".\]". The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the
problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item POSIX syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
with "[=" and ending with "=]" is reserved for future extensions. If you
need to represent those character sequences inside a regular expression
character class, just quote the square brackets with the backslash: "\[="
-and "=\]". The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the
+and "=\]". The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the
problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item Possible attempt to put comments in qw() list
=item Quantifier follows nothing in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
(F) You started a regular expression with a quantifier. Backslash it if
-you meant it literally. The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression
-
about where the problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
+you meant it literally. The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular
+
expression the problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item Quantifier in {,} bigger than %d in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
(F) There is currently a limit to the size of the min and max values of
-the {min,max} construct. The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression
-
about where the problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
+the {min,max} construct. The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular
+
expression the problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item Quantifier unexpected on zero-length expression; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
"abc" provided that it is followed by three repetitions of "xyz" is
C</abc(?=(?:xyz){3})/>, not C</abc(?=xyz){3}/>.
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the problem was
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
discovered.
=item Quantifier {n,m} with n > m can't match in regex
you wanted to have the character with ordinal 7 inserted into the regular
expression, prepend zeroes to make it three digits long: C<\007>
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the problem was
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
discovered.
=item Reference to nonexistent named group in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
such as C<(?'NAME'...)> or C<< (?<NAME>...) >>. Check if the name has been
spelled correctly both in the backreference and the declaration.
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the problem was
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
discovered.
=item Reference to nonexistent or unclosed group in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
are not at least seven sets of closed capturing parentheses in the
expression before where the C<\g{-7}> was located.
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the problem was
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
discovered.
=item regexp memory corruption
=item Sequence (? incomplete in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
(F) A regular expression ended with an incomplete extension (?. The
-<-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the problem was
+<-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item Sequence (?%s...) not implemented in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
(F) A proposed regular expression extension has the character reserved
-but has not yet been written. The <-- HERE shows in the regular
-
expression about where the problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
+but has not yet been written. The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the
+
regular expression the problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item Sequence (?%s...) not recognized in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
(F) You used a regular expression extension that doesn't make sense. The
-<-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the problem was
+<-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
discovered. This happens when using the C<(?^...)> construct to tell
Perl to use the default regular expression modifiers, and you
redundantly specify a default modifier. For other
(?(condition)(?:this|that|other)|else-clause)
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the problem
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem
was discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item Switch condition not recognized in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
(F) If the argument to the (?(...)if-clause|else-clause) construct is
-a number, it can be only a number. The <-- HERE shows in the regular
-
expression about where the problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
+a number, it can be only a number. The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in
+
the regular expression the problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item switching effective %s is not implemented
(R&NAME) true if directly inside named capture
(DEFINE) always false; for defining named subpatterns
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the problem was
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item Unknown Unicode option letter '%c'
(F) The brackets around a character class must match. If you wish to
include a closing bracket in a character class, backslash it or put it
-first. The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the
+first. The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the
problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item Unmatched ( in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/
(F) Unbackslashed parentheses must always be balanced in regular
expressions. If you're a vi user, the % key is valuable for finding
-the matching parenthesis. The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression
-
about where the problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
+the matching parenthesis. The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the
+
regular expression the problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item Unmatched right %s bracket
(W regexp) You used a backslash-character combination which is not
recognized by Perl inside character classes. The character was
understood literally, but this may change in a future version of Perl.
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about where the
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the
escape was discovered.
=item Unrecognized escape \%c passed through
(W regexp) You used a backslash-character combination which is not
recognized by Perl. The character(s) were understood literally, but
-this may change in a future version of Perl. The <-- HERE shows in
-the regular expression about where the escape was discovered.
+this may change in a future version of Perl. The <-- HERE shows
+whereabouts in the regular expression the escape was discovered.
=item Unrecognized signal name "%s"
if ($string =~ /$pattern/) { ... }
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about
-
where the problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
+discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item Useless localization of %s
if ($string =~ /$pattern/o) { ... }
-The <-- HERE shows in the regular expression about
-
where the problem was discovered. See L<perlre>.
+The <-- HERE shows whereabouts in the regular expression the problem was
+discovered. See L<perlre>.
=item Useless use of /d modifier in transliteration operator
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