[erlang-bugs] regexp: no pattern matches empty string

[Taisuke Hori]

Hello,

I suspect a bug in regexp. I tried to match some patterns to a empty
list, but they ware not matched.

$ erl -version
Erlang (ASYNC_THREADS,HIPE) (BEAM) emulator version 5.5.5
$ erl
Eshell V5.5.5  (abort with ^G)
1> regexp:match("", "").
nomatch
2> regexp:match("", ".*").
nomatch

Is this a bug or feature?

Thank you


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