507603 - regexp /[^,]*/ returns inconsistent result

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Tamarin Graveyard :: Virtual Machine, defect)

Description

[Dan Schaffer]

Steps to reproduce:
1. var s:String = "test,test,test";
2. var regex:RegExp = /[^,]*/g;
3. var a:Array = s.match(regex);
 
 Actual Results:
 The only value in array 'a' is 'test'.
 
 Expected Results:
 The array 'a' should have 3 entries of 'test'.
 
 Workaround (if any):

var s:String = "test,test,test";
var a:Array = s.split(","); 


python and mozilla javascript return [test,test,test] tamarin returns [test]

moved from community issue http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-2228

Comment 1

[Dan Smith]

Assigned to Szeged.

Comment 2

[Steven Johnson]

Any fix for this bug will likely need version-checking for backwards compatibility.

Comment 3

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

No assignee, updating the status.

Comment 4

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

No assignee, updating the status.

Comment 5

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

No assignee, updating the status.

Comment 6

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

Tamarin is a dead project now. Mass WONTFIX.

Comment 7

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

Tamarin isn't maintained anymore. WONTFIX remaining bugs.