[Bug classpath/22884] java.util.regex.Pattern doesn't understand (?s)

[gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org]

hi,

 I have a regular expression that uses one of the inline switches documented in
the Sun javadoc implementation of java.util.regex.Pattern and when running
under classpath I get the following error:

At position 1 in regular expression pattern:
quantifier (?*+{}) without preceding token
        (?s)<!--(.)+?-->


------- Comment #1 from from-classpath at savannah dot gnu dot org  2005-02-23 
14:28 -------
(?s) is the DOTALL switch, which makes the wildcard . character match any
character including newlines

rather than going through the class API, you can embedd the string (?s) in your
pattern and DOTALL mode will be activated


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22884