[tapx-dev] Trailing backslash in TAP lines

[Ovid]

----- Original Message ----
From: Steffen Schwigon <schwigon at webit.de>

> Should I correct my test output or should TAP::Parser handle lines
> with trailing backslash differently?

I think that TAP::Parser's behavior is incorrect.  The problem will be found in the TAP::Parser::Grammar, specifically this line, I think, which is supposed to allow a hash mark if it's escaped:

  my $description = qr/.*?(?!\\(?:\\\\)*)#?/;

I'm at work, so I can't look at this right now, but if anyone else wants to take a gander at it, feel free.  I've never quite like the regexes I've cobbled together for TAP parsing since there are so many edge cases.

Cheers,
Ovid

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