Perl 6 “Amenities”
There are so many little delightful things that Perl 6 offers, so I'm gathering them into this note.
Predefined Regexes
| Regex | Zero-width | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| <same> | yes | Matches between two identical characters |
| <wb> | yes | Word boundary |
| <ws> | no | Whitespace, same as: <!ww>\s* |
| <ww> | yes | Within word |
| <ident> | no | Basic identifier (no support for ' or -). Same as: <.alpha> \w* |