- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:52:49 +0000 (UTC)
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Hallvord Reiar Michaelsen Steen wrote:
>
> But the spec already says
> "The pattern must be compiled with the multiline flag enabled (see
> ECMA262, section 15.10.7.4)."
>
> This means that periods DO match newlines.
No, it doesn't. See 15.10.2.8, under "Atom :: .", and note the lack of a
mention of the "multiline" flag.
> javascript:alert(/^.*$/m.test('multiple \n\n lines \n\n here'))
Hrm, odd. This indeed says "true" in Opera, Moz and IE.
Is this an item for the errata? I'll contact Brendan.
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