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package Egreek;
######################################################################
#
# Egreek - Run-time routines for Greek.pm
#
# http://search.cpan.org/dist/Char-Greek/
#
# Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 INABA Hitoshi <ina@cpan.org>
######################################################################

use 5.00503;    # Galapagos Consensus 1998 for primetools
# use 5.008001; # Lancaster Consensus 2013 for toolchains

# 12.3. Delaying use Until Runtime
# in Chapter 12. Packages, Libraries, and Modules
# of ISBN 0-596-00313-7 Perl Cookbook, 2nd Edition.
# (and so on)

BEGIN { eval q{ use vars qw($VERSION) } }
$VERSION = sprintf '%d.%02d', q$Revision: 0.99 $ =~ /(\d+)/xmsg;

BEGIN {
    if ($^X =~ / jperl /oxmsi) {
        die __FILE__, ": needs perl(not jperl) 5.00503 or later. (\$^X==$^X)";
    }
    if (CORE::ord('A') == 193) {
        die __FILE__, ": is not US-ASCII script (may be EBCDIC or EBCDIK script).";
    }
    if (CORE::ord('A') != 0x41) {
        die __FILE__, ": is not US-ASCII script (must be US-ASCII script).";
    }
}

BEGIN {

    # instead of utf8.pm
    eval q{
        no warnings qw(redefine);
        *utf8::upgrade   = sub { CORE::length $_[0] };
        *utf8::downgrade = sub { 1 };
        *utf8::encode    = sub {   };
        *utf8::decode    = sub { 1 };
        *utf8::is_utf8   = sub {   };
        *utf8::valid     = sub { 1 };
    };
    if ($@) {
        *utf8::upgrade   = sub { CORE::length $_[0] };
        *utf8::downgrade = sub { 1 };
        *utf8::encode    = sub {   };
        *utf8::decode    = sub { 1 };
        *utf8::is_utf8   = sub {   };
        *utf8::valid     = sub { 1 };
    }
}

# instead of Symbol.pm
BEGIN {
    my $genpkg = "Symbol::";
    my $genseq = 0;

    sub gensym () {
        my $name = "GEN" . $genseq++;

        # here, no strict qw(refs); if strict.pm exists

        my $ref = \*{$genpkg . $name};
        delete $$genpkg{$name};
        return $ref;
    }

    sub qualify ($;$) {
        my ($name) = @_;
        if (!ref($name) && (Egreek::index($name, '::') == -1) && (Egreek::index($name, "'") == -1)) {
            my $pkg;
            my %global = map {$_ => 1} qw(ARGV ARGVOUT ENV INC SIG STDERR STDIN STDOUT DATA);

            # Global names: special character, "^xyz", or other.
            if ($name =~ /^(([^a-z])|(\^[a-z_]+))\z/i || $global{$name}) {
                # RGS 2001-11-05 : translate leading ^X to control-char
                $name =~ s/^\^([a-z_])/'qq(\c'.$1.')'/eei;
                $pkg = "main";
            }
            else {
                $pkg = (@_ > 1) ? $_[1] : caller;
            }
            $name = $pkg . "::" . $name;
        }
        return $name;
    }

    sub qualify_to_ref ($;$) {

        # here, no strict qw(refs); if strict.pm exists

        return \*{ qualify $_[0], @_ > 1 ? $_[1] : caller };
    }
}

# Column: local $@
# in Chapter 9. Osaete okitai Perl no kiso
# of ISBN 10: 4798119172 | ISBN 13: 978-4798119175 MODAN Perl NYUMON
# (and so on)

# use strict; if strict.pm exists
BEGIN {
    if (eval { local $@; CORE::require strict }) {
        strict::->import;
    }
}

# P.714 29.2.39. flock
# in Chapter 29: Functions
# of ISBN 0-596-00027-8 Programming Perl Third Edition.

# P.863 flock
# in Chapter 27: Functions
# of ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 Programming Perl 4th Edition.

sub LOCK_SH() {1}
sub LOCK_EX() {2}
sub LOCK_UN() {8}
sub LOCK_NB() {4}

# instead of Carp.pm
sub carp;
sub croak;
sub cluck;
sub confess;

my $your_char = q{[\x00-\xFF]};

# regexp of character
BEGIN { eval q{ use vars qw($q_char) } }
$q_char = qr/$your_char/oxms;

#
# Greek character range per length
#
my %range_tr = ();

#
# alias of encoding name
#
BEGIN { eval q{ use vars qw($encoding_alias) } }

#
# Greek case conversion
#
my %lc = ();
@lc{qw(A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z)} =
    qw(a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z);
my %uc = ();
@uc{qw(a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z)} =
    qw(A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z);
my %fc = ();
@fc{qw(A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z)} =
    qw(a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z);

if (0) {
}

elsif (__PACKAGE__ =~ / \b Egreek \z/oxms) {
    %range_tr = (
        1 => [ [0x00..0xFF],
             ],
    );
    $encoding_alias = qr/ \b (?: iso[-_ ]?8859-7 | iec[- ]?8859-7 | greek ) \b /oxmsi;

    %lc = (%lc,
        "\xB6" => "\xDC",     # GREEK LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS
        "\xB8" => "\xDD",     # GREEK LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS
        "\xB9" => "\xDE",     # GREEK LETTER ETA WITH TONOS
        "\xBA" => "\xDF",     # GREEK LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS
        "\xBC" => "\xFC",     # GREEK LETTER OMICRON WITH TONOS
        "\xBE" => "\xFD",     # GREEK LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS
        "\xBF" => "\xFE",     # GREEK LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS
        "\xC1" => "\xE1",     # GREEK LETTER ALPHA
        "\xC2" => "\xE2",     # GREEK LETTER BETA
        "\xC3" => "\xE3",     # GREEK LETTER GAMMA
        "\xC4" => "\xE4",     # GREEK LETTER DELTA
        "\xC5" => "\xE5",     # GREEK LETTER EPSILON
        "\xC6" => "\xE6",     # GREEK LETTER ZETA
        "\xC7" => "\xE7",     # GREEK LETTER ETA
        "\xC8" => "\xE8",     # GREEK LETTER THETA
        "\xC9" => "\xE9",     # GREEK LETTER IOTA
        "\xCA" => "\xEA",     # GREEK LETTER KAPPA
        "\xCB" => "\xEB",     # GREEK LETTER LAMDA
        "\xCC" => "\xEC",     # GREEK LETTER MU
        "\xCD" => "\xED",     # GREEK LETTER NU
        "\xCE" => "\xEE",     # GREEK LETTER XI
        "\xCF" => "\xEF",     # GREEK LETTER OMICRON
        "\xD0" => "\xF0",     # GREEK LETTER PI
        "\xD1" => "\xF1",     # GREEK LETTER RHO
        "\xD3" => "\xF3",     # GREEK LETTER SIGMA
        "\xD4" => "\xF4",     # GREEK LETTER TAU
        "\xD5" => "\xF5",     # GREEK LETTER UPSILON
        "\xD6" => "\xF6",     # GREEK LETTER PHI
        "\xD7" => "\xF7",     # GREEK LETTER CHI
        "\xD8" => "\xF8",     # GREEK LETTER PSI
        "\xD9" => "\xF9",     # GREEK LETTER OMEGA
        "\xDA" => "\xFA",     # GREEK LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA
        "\xDB" => "\xFB",     # GREEK LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA
    );

    %uc = (%uc,
        "\xDC" => "\xB6",     # GREEK LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS
        "\xDD" => "\xB8",     # GREEK LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS
        "\xDE" => "\xB9",     # GREEK LETTER ETA WITH TONOS
        "\xDF" => "\xBA",     # GREEK LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS
        "\xE1" => "\xC1",     # GREEK LETTER ALPHA
        "\xE2" => "\xC2",     # GREEK LETTER BETA
        "\xE3" => "\xC3",     # GREEK LETTER GAMMA
        "\xE4" => "\xC4",     # GREEK LETTER DELTA
        "\xE5" => "\xC5",     # GREEK LETTER EPSILON
        "\xE6" => "\xC6",     # GREEK LETTER ZETA
        "\xE7" => "\xC7",     # GREEK LETTER ETA
        "\xE8" => "\xC8",     # GREEK LETTER THETA
        "\xE9" => "\xC9",     # GREEK LETTER IOTA
        "\xEA" => "\xCA",     # GREEK LETTER KAPPA
        "\xEB" => "\xCB",     # GREEK LETTER LAMDA
        "\xEC" => "\xCC",     # GREEK LETTER MU
        "\xED" => "\xCD",     # GREEK LETTER NU
        "\xEE" => "\xCE",     # GREEK LETTER XI
        "\xEF" => "\xCF",     # GREEK LETTER OMICRON
        "\xF0" => "\xD0",     # GREEK LETTER PI
        "\xF1" => "\xD1",     # GREEK LETTER RHO
        "\xF3" => "\xD3",     # GREEK LETTER SIGMA
        "\xF4" => "\xD4",     # GREEK LETTER TAU
        "\xF5" => "\xD5",     # GREEK LETTER UPSILON
        "\xF6" => "\xD6",     # GREEK LETTER PHI
        "\xF7" => "\xD7",     # GREEK LETTER CHI
        "\xF8" => "\xD8",     # GREEK LETTER PSI
        "\xF9" => "\xD9",     # GREEK LETTER OMEGA
        "\xFA" => "\xDA",     # GREEK LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA
        "\xFB" => "\xDB",     # GREEK LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA
        "\xFC" => "\xBC",     # GREEK LETTER OMICRON WITH TONOS
        "\xFD" => "\xBE",     # GREEK LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS
        "\xFE" => "\xBF",     # GREEK LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS
    );

    %fc = (%fc,
        "\xB6" => "\xDC",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS --> GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS
        "\xB8" => "\xDD",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS --> GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS
        "\xB9" => "\xDE",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA WITH TONOS --> GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA WITH TONOS
        "\xBA" => "\xDF",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS --> GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS
        "\xBC" => "\xFC",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON WITH TONOS --> GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH TONOS
        "\xBE" => "\xFD",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS --> GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS
        "\xBF" => "\xFE",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS --> GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS
        "\xC1" => "\xE1",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA
        "\xC2" => "\xE2",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA
        "\xC3" => "\xE3",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA
        "\xC4" => "\xE4",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA
        "\xC5" => "\xE5",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON --> GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON
        "\xC6" => "\xE6",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER ZETA
        "\xC7" => "\xE7",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ETA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA
        "\xC8" => "\xE8",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA
        "\xC9" => "\xE9",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA
        "\xCA" => "\xEA",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER KAPPA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA
        "\xCB" => "\xEB",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA
        "\xCC" => "\xEC",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER MU --> GREEK SMALL LETTER MU
        "\xCD" => "\xED",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER NU --> GREEK SMALL LETTER NU
        "\xCE" => "\xEE",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER XI --> GREEK SMALL LETTER XI
        "\xCF" => "\xEF",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON --> GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON
        "\xD0" => "\xF0",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI --> GREEK SMALL LETTER PI
        "\xD1" => "\xF1",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER RHO --> GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO
        "\xD3" => "\xF3",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA
        "\xD4" => "\xF4",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER TAU --> GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU
        "\xD5" => "\xF5",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON --> GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON
        "\xD6" => "\xF6",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI --> GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI
        "\xD7" => "\xF7",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER CHI --> GREEK SMALL LETTER CHI
        "\xD8" => "\xF8",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI --> GREEK SMALL LETTER PSI
        "\xD9" => "\xF9",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA
        "\xDA" => "\xFA",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH DIALYTIKA
        "\xDB" => "\xFB",     # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH DIALYTIKA
        "\xF2" => "\xF3",     # GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA --> GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA
    );
}

else {
    croak "Don't know my package name '@{[__PACKAGE__]}'";
}

#
# @ARGV wildcard globbing
#
sub import {

    if ($^O =~ /\A (?: MSWin32 | NetWare | symbian | dos ) \z/oxms) {
        my @argv = ();
        for (@ARGV) {

            # has space
            if (/\A (?:$q_char)*? [ ] /oxms) {
                if (my @glob = Egreek::glob(qq{"$_"})) {
                    push @argv, @glob;
                }
                else {
                    push @argv, $_;
                }
            }

            # has wildcard metachar
            elsif (/\A (?:$q_char)*? [*?] /oxms) {
                if (my @glob = Egreek::glob($_)) {
                    push @argv, @glob;
                }
                else {
                    push @argv, $_;
                }
            }

            # no wildcard globbing
            else {
                push @argv, $_;
            }
        }
        @ARGV = @argv;
    }
}

# P.230 Care with Prototypes
# in Chapter 6: Subroutines
# of ISBN 0-596-00027-8 Programming Perl Third Edition.
#
# If you aren't careful, you can get yourself into trouble with prototypes.
# But if you are careful, you can do a lot of neat things with them. This is
# all very powerful, of course, and should only be used in moderation to make
# the world a better place.

# P.332 Care with Prototypes
# in Chapter 7: Subroutines
# of ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 Programming Perl 4th Edition.
#
# If you aren't careful, you can get yourself into trouble with prototypes.
# But if you are careful, you can do a lot of neat things with them. This is
# all very powerful, of course, and should only be used in moderation to make
# the world a better place.

#
# Prototypes of subroutines
#
sub unimport {}
sub Egreek::split(;$$$);
sub Egreek::tr($$$$;$);
sub Egreek::chop(@);
sub Egreek::index($$;$);
sub Egreek::rindex($$;$);
sub Egreek::lcfirst(@);
sub Egreek::lcfirst_();
sub Egreek::lc(@);
sub Egreek::lc_();
sub Egreek::ucfirst(@);
sub Egreek::ucfirst_();
sub Egreek::uc(@);
sub Egreek::uc_();
sub Egreek::fc(@);
sub Egreek::fc_();
sub Egreek::ignorecase;
sub Egreek::classic_character_class;
sub Egreek::capture;
sub Egreek::chr(;$);
sub Egreek::chr_();
sub Egreek::glob($);
sub Egreek::glob_();

sub Greek::ord(;$);
sub Greek::ord_();
sub Greek::reverse(@);
sub Greek::getc(;*@);
sub Greek::length(;$);
sub Greek::substr($$;$$);
sub Greek::index($$;$);
sub Greek::rindex($$;$);

#
# Regexp work
#
BEGIN { eval q{ use vars qw(
    $Greek::re_a
    $Greek::re_t
    $Greek::re_n
    $Greek::re_r
) } }

#
# Character class
#
BEGIN { eval q{ use vars qw(
    $dot
    $dot_s
    $eD
    $eS
    $eW
    $eH
    $eV
    $eR
    $eN
    $not_alnum
    $not_alpha
    $not_ascii
    $not_blank
    $not_cntrl
    $not_digit
    $not_graph
    $not_lower
    $not_lower_i
    $not_print
    $not_punct
    $not_space
    $not_upper
    $not_upper_i
    $not_word
    $not_xdigit
    $eb
    $eB
) } }

${Egreek::dot}         = qr{(?:[^\x0A])};
${Egreek::dot_s}       = qr{(?:[\x00-\xFF])};
${Egreek::eD}          = qr{(?:[^0-9])};

# Vertical tabs are now whitespace
# \s in a regex now matches a vertical tab in all circumstances.
# http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.18.0/pod/perldelta.pod#Vertical_tabs_are_now_whitespace
# ${Egreek::eS}        = qr{(?:[^\x09\x0A    \x0C\x0D\x20])};
# ${Egreek::eS}        = qr{(?:[^\x09\x0A\x0B\x0C\x0D\x20])};
${Egreek::eS}          = qr{(?:[^\s])};

${Egreek::eW}          = qr{(?:[^0-9A-Z_a-z])};
${Egreek::eH}          = qr{(?:[^\x09\x20])};
${Egreek::eV}          = qr{(?:[^\x0A\x0B\x0C\x0D])};
${Egreek::eR}          = qr{(?:\x0D\x0A|[\x0A\x0D])};
${Egreek::eN}          = qr{(?:[^\x0A])};
${Egreek::not_alnum}   = qr{(?:[^\x30-\x39\x41-\x5A\x61-\x7A])};
${Egreek::not_alpha}   = qr{(?:[^\x41-\x5A\x61-\x7A])};
${Egreek::not_ascii}   = qr{(?:[^\x00-\x7F])};
${Egreek::not_blank}   = qr{(?:[^\x09\x20])};
${Egreek::not_cntrl}   = qr{(?:[^\x00-\x1F\x7F])};
${Egreek::not_digit}   = qr{(?:[^\x30-\x39])};
${Egreek::not_graph}   = qr{(?:[^\x21-\x7F])};
${Egreek::not_lower}   = qr{(?:[^\x61-\x7A])};
${Egreek::not_lower_i} = qr{(?:[\x00-\xFF])};
${Egreek::not_print}   = qr{(?:[^\x20-\x7F])};
${Egreek::not_punct}   = qr{(?:[^\x21-\x2F\x3A-\x3F\x40\x5B-\x5F\x60\x7B-\x7E])};
${Egreek::not_space}   = qr{(?:[^\s\x0B])};
${Egreek::not_upper}   = qr{(?:[^\x41-\x5A])};
${Egreek::not_upper_i} = qr{(?:[\x00-\xFF])};
${Egreek::not_word}    = qr{(?:[^\x30-\x39\x41-\x5A\x5F\x61-\x7A])};
${Egreek::not_xdigit}  = qr{(?:[^\x30-\x39\x41-\x46\x61-\x66])};
${Egreek::eb}          = qr{(?:\A(?=[0-9A-Z_a-z])|(?<=[\x00-\x2F\x40\x5B-\x5E\x60\x7B-\xFF])(?=[0-9A-Z_a-z])|(?<=[0-9A-Z_a-z])(?=[\x00-\x2F\x40\x5B-\x5E\x60\x7B-\xFF]|\z))};
${Egreek::eB}          = qr{(?:(?<=[0-9A-Z_a-z])(?=[0-9A-Z_a-z])|(?<=[\x00-\x2F\x40\x5B-\x5E\x60\x7B-\xFF])(?=[\x00-\x2F\x40\x5B-\x5E\x60\x7B-\xFF]))};

# avoid: Name "Egreek::foo" used only once: possible typo at here.
${Egreek::dot}         = ${Egreek::dot};
${Egreek::dot_s}       = ${Egreek::dot_s};
${Egreek::eD}          = ${Egreek::eD};
${Egreek::eS}          = ${Egreek::eS};
${Egreek::eW}          = ${Egreek::eW};
${Egreek::eH}          = ${Egreek::eH};
${Egreek::eV}          = ${Egreek::eV};
${Egreek::eR}          = ${Egreek::eR};
${Egreek::eN}          = ${Egreek::eN};
${Egreek::not_alnum}   = ${Egreek::not_alnum};
${Egreek::not_alpha}   = ${Egreek::not_alpha};
${Egreek::not_ascii}   = ${Egreek::not_ascii};
${Egreek::not_blank}   = ${Egreek::not_blank};
${Egreek::not_cntrl}   = ${Egreek::not_cntrl};
${Egreek::not_digit}   = ${Egreek::not_digit};
${Egreek::not_graph}   = ${Egreek::not_graph};
${Egreek::not_lower}   = ${Egreek::not_lower};
${Egreek::not_lower_i} = ${Egreek::not_lower_i};
${Egreek::not_print}   = ${Egreek::not_print};
${Egreek::not_punct}   = ${Egreek::not_punct};
${Egreek::not_space}   = ${Egreek::not_space};
${Egreek::not_upper}   = ${Egreek::not_upper};
${Egreek::not_upper_i} = ${Egreek::not_upper_i};
${Egreek::not_word}    = ${Egreek::not_word};
${Egreek::not_xdigit}  = ${Egreek::not_xdigit};
${Egreek::eb}          = ${Egreek::eb};
${Egreek::eB}          = ${Egreek::eB};

#
# Greek split
#
sub Egreek::split(;$$$) {

    # P.794 29.2.161. split
    # in Chapter 29: Functions
    # of ISBN 0-596-00027-8 Programming Perl Third Edition.

    # P.951 split
    # in Chapter 27: Functions
    # of ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 Programming Perl 4th Edition.

    my $pattern = $_[0];
    my $string  = $_[1];
    my $limit   = $_[2];

    # if $pattern is also omitted or is the literal space, " "
    if (not defined $pattern) {
        $pattern = ' ';
    }

    # if $string is omitted, the function splits the $_ string
    if (not defined $string) {
        if (defined $_) {
            $string = $_;
        }
        else {
            $string = '';
        }
    }

    my @split = ();

    # when string is empty
    if ($string eq '') {

        # resulting list value in list context
        if (wantarray) {
            return @split;
        }

        # count of substrings in scalar context
        else {
            carp "Use of implicit split to \@_ is deprecated" if $^W;
            @_ = @split;
            return scalar @_;
        }
    }

    # split's first argument is more consistently interpreted
    #
    # After some changes earlier in v5.17, split's behavior has been simplified:
    # if the PATTERN argument evaluates to a string containing one space, it is
    # treated the way that a literal string containing one space once was.
    # http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.18.0/pod/perldelta.pod#split's_first_argument_is_more_consistently_interpreted

    # if $pattern is also omitted or is the literal space, " ", the function splits
    # on whitespace, /\s+/, after skipping any leading whitespace
    # (and so on)

    elsif ($pattern eq ' ') {
        if (not defined $limit) {
            return CORE::split(' ', $string);
        }
        else {
            return CORE::split(' ', $string, $limit);
        }
    }

    # if $limit is negative, it is treated as if an arbitrarily large $limit has been specified
    if ((not defined $limit) or ($limit <= 0)) {

        # a pattern capable of matching either the null string or something longer than the
        # null string will split the value of $string into separate characters wherever it
        # matches the null string between characters
        # (and so on)

        if ('' =~ / \A $pattern \z /xms) {
            my $last_subexpression_offsets = _last_subexpression_offsets($pattern);
            my $limit = scalar(() = $string =~ /($pattern)/oxmsg);

            # P.1024 Appendix W.10 Multibyte Processing
            # of ISBN 1-56592-224-7 CJKV Information Processing
            # (and so on)

            # the //m modifier is assumed when you split on the pattern /^/
            # (and so on)

            #                                                     V
            while ((--$limit > 0) and ($string =~ s/\A((?:$q_char)+?)$pattern//m)) {

                # if the $pattern contains parentheses, then the substring matched by each pair of parentheses
                # is included in the resulting list, interspersed with the fields that are ordinarily returned
                # (and so on)

                local $@;
                for (my $digit=1; $digit <= ($last_subexpression_offsets + 1); $digit++) {
                    push @split, eval('$' . $digit);
                }
            }
        }

        else {
            my $last_subexpression_offsets = _last_subexpression_offsets($pattern);

            #                                 V
            while ($string =~ s/\A((?:$q_char)*?)$pattern//m) {
                local $@;
                for (my $digit=1; $digit <= ($last_subexpression_offsets + 1); $digit++) {
                    push @split, eval('$' . $digit);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    elsif ($limit > 0) {
        if ('' =~ / \A $pattern \z /xms) {
            my $last_subexpression_offsets = _last_subexpression_offsets($pattern);
            while ((--$limit > 0) and (CORE::length($string) > 0)) {

                #                              V
                if ($string =~ s/\A((?:$q_char)+?)$pattern//m) {
                    local $@;
                    for (my $digit=1; $digit <= ($last_subexpression_offsets + 1); $digit++) {
                        push @split, eval('$' . $digit);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        else {
            my $last_subexpression_offsets = _last_subexpression_offsets($pattern);
            while ((--$limit > 0) and (CORE::length($string) > 0)) {

                #                              V
                if ($string =~ s/\A((?:$q_char)*?)$pattern//m) {
                    local $@;
                    for (my $digit=1; $digit <= ($last_subexpression_offsets + 1); $digit++) {
                        push @split, eval('$' . $digit);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    if (CORE::length($string) > 0) {
        push @split, $string;
    }

    # if $_[2] (NOT "$limit") is omitted or zero, trailing null fields are stripped from the result
    if ((not defined $_[2]) or ($_[2] == 0)) {
        while ((scalar(@split) >= 1) and ($split[-1] eq '')) {
            pop @split;
        }
    }

    # resulting list value in list context
    if (wantarray) {
        return @split;
    }

    # count of substrings in scalar context
    else {
        carp "Use of implicit split to \@_ is deprecated" if $^W;
        @_ = @split;
        return scalar @_;
    }
}

#
# get last subexpression offsets
#
sub _last_subexpression_offsets {
    my $pattern = $_[0];

    # remove comment
    $pattern =~ s/\(\?\# .*? \)//oxmsg;

    my $modifier = '';
    if ($pattern =~ /\(\?\^? ([\-A-Za-z]+) :/oxms) {
        $modifier = $1;
        $modifier =~ s/-[A-Za-z]*//;
    }

    # with /x modifier
    my @char = ();
    if ($modifier =~ /x/oxms) {
        @char = $pattern =~ /\G(
            \\ (?:$q_char)                  |
            \# (?:$q_char)*? $              |
            \[ (?: \\\] | (?:$q_char))+? \] |
            \(\?                            |
            (?:$q_char)
        )/oxmsg;
    }

    # without /x modifier
    else {
        @char = $pattern =~ /\G(
            \\ (?:$q_char)                  |
            \[ (?: \\\] | (?:$q_char))+? \] |
            \(\?                            |
            (?:$q_char)
        )/oxmsg;
    }

    return scalar grep { $_ eq '(' } @char;
}

#
# Greek transliteration (tr///)
#
sub Egreek::tr($$$$;$) {

    my $bind_operator   = $_[1];
    my $searchlist      = $_[2];
    my $replacementlist = $_[3];
    my $modifier        = $_[4] || '';

    if ($modifier =~ /r/oxms) {
        if ($bind_operator =~ / !~ /oxms) {
            croak "Using !~ with tr///r doesn't make sense";
        }
    }

    my @char            = $_[0] =~ /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg;
    my @searchlist      = _charlist_tr($searchlist);
    my @replacementlist = _charlist_tr($replacementlist);

    my %tr = ();
    for (my $i=0; $i <= $#searchlist; $i++) {
        if (not exists $tr{$searchlist[$i]}) {
            if (defined $replacementlist[$i] and ($replacementlist[$i] ne '')) {
                $tr{$searchlist[$i]} = $replacementlist[$i];
            }
            elsif ($modifier =~ /d/oxms) {
                $tr{$searchlist[$i]} = '';
            }
            elsif (defined $replacementlist[-1] and ($replacementlist[-1] ne '')) {
                $tr{$searchlist[$i]} = $replacementlist[-1];
            }
            else {
                $tr{$searchlist[$i]} = $searchlist[$i];
            }
        }
    }

    my $tr = 0;
    my $replaced = '';
    if ($modifier =~ /c/oxms) {
        while (defined(my $char = shift @char)) {
            if (not exists $tr{$char}) {
                if (defined $replacementlist[0]) {
                    $replaced .= $replacementlist[0];
                }
                $tr++;
                if ($modifier =~ /s/oxms) {
                    while (@char and (not exists $tr{$char[0]})) {
                        shift @char;
                        $tr++;
                    }
                }
            }
            else {
                $replaced .= $char;
            }
        }
    }
    else {
        while (defined(my $char = shift @char)) {
            if (exists $tr{$char}) {
                $replaced .= $tr{$char};
                $tr++;
                if ($modifier =~ /s/oxms) {
                    while (@char and (exists $tr{$char[0]}) and ($tr{$char[0]} eq $tr{$char})) {
                        shift @char;
                        $tr++;
                    }
                }
            }
            else {
                $replaced .= $char;
            }
        }
    }

    if ($modifier =~ /r/oxms) {
        return $replaced;
    }
    else {
        $_[0] = $replaced;
        if ($bind_operator =~ / !~ /oxms) {
            return not $tr;
        }
        else {
            return $tr;
        }
    }
}

#
# Greek chop
#
sub Egreek::chop(@) {

    my $chop;
    if (@_ == 0) {
        my @char = /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg;
        $chop = pop @char;
        $_ = join '', @char;
    }
    else {
        for (@_) {
            my @char = /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg;
            $chop = pop @char;
            $_ = join '', @char;
        }
    }
    return $chop;
}

#
# Greek index by octet
#
sub Egreek::index($$;$) {

    my($str,$substr,$position) = @_;
    $position ||= 0;
    my $pos = 0;

    while ($pos < CORE::length($str)) {
        if (CORE::substr($str,$pos,CORE::length($substr)) eq $substr) {
            if ($pos >= $position) {
                return $pos;
            }
        }
        if (CORE::substr($str,$pos) =~ /\A ($q_char) /oxms) {
            $pos += CORE::length($1);
        }
        else {
            $pos += 1;
        }
    }
    return -1;
}

#
# Greek reverse index
#
sub Egreek::rindex($$;$) {

    my($str,$substr,$position) = @_;
    $position ||= CORE::length($str) - 1;
    my $pos = 0;
    my $rindex = -1;

    while (($pos < CORE::length($str)) and ($pos <= $position)) {
        if (CORE::substr($str,$pos,CORE::length($substr)) eq $substr) {
            $rindex = $pos;
        }
        if (CORE::substr($str,$pos) =~ /\A ($q_char) /oxms) {
            $pos += CORE::length($1);
        }
        else {
            $pos += 1;
        }
    }
    return $rindex;
}

#
# Greek lower case first with parameter
#
sub Egreek::lcfirst(@) {
    if (@_) {
        my $s = shift @_;
        if (@_ and wantarray) {
            return Egreek::lc(CORE::substr($s,0,1)) . CORE::substr($s,1), @_;
        }
        else {
            return Egreek::lc(CORE::substr($s,0,1)) . CORE::substr($s,1);
        }
    }
    else {
        return Egreek::lc(CORE::substr($_,0,1)) . CORE::substr($_,1);
    }
}

#
# Greek lower case first without parameter
#
sub Egreek::lcfirst_() {
    return Egreek::lc(CORE::substr($_,0,1)) . CORE::substr($_,1);
}

#
# Greek lower case with parameter
#
sub Egreek::lc(@) {
    if (@_) {
        my $s = shift @_;
        if (@_ and wantarray) {
            return join('', map {defined($lc{$_}) ? $lc{$_} : $_} ($s =~ /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg)), @_;
        }
        else {
            return join('', map {defined($lc{$_}) ? $lc{$_} : $_} ($s =~ /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg));
        }
    }
    else {
        return Egreek::lc_();
    }
}

#
# Greek lower case without parameter
#
sub Egreek::lc_() {
    my $s = $_;
    return join '', map {defined($lc{$_}) ? $lc{$_} : $_} ($s =~ /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg);
}

#
# Greek upper case first with parameter
#
sub Egreek::ucfirst(@) {
    if (@_) {
        my $s = shift @_;
        if (@_ and wantarray) {
            return Egreek::uc(CORE::substr($s,0,1)) . CORE::substr($s,1), @_;
        }
        else {
            return Egreek::uc(CORE::substr($s,0,1)) . CORE::substr($s,1);
        }
    }
    else {
        return Egreek::uc(CORE::substr($_,0,1)) . CORE::substr($_,1);
    }
}

#
# Greek upper case first without parameter
#
sub Egreek::ucfirst_() {
    return Egreek::uc(CORE::substr($_,0,1)) . CORE::substr($_,1);
}

#
# Greek upper case with parameter
#
sub Egreek::uc(@) {
    if (@_) {
        my $s = shift @_;
        if (@_ and wantarray) {
            return join('', map {defined($uc{$_}) ? $uc{$_} : $_} ($s =~ /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg)), @_;
        }
        else {
            return join('', map {defined($uc{$_}) ? $uc{$_} : $_} ($s =~ /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg));
        }
    }
    else {
        return Egreek::uc_();
    }
}

#
# Greek upper case without parameter
#
sub Egreek::uc_() {
    my $s = $_;
    return join '', map {defined($uc{$_}) ? $uc{$_} : $_} ($s =~ /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg);
}

#
# Greek fold case with parameter
#
sub Egreek::fc(@) {
    if (@_) {
        my $s = shift @_;
        if (@_ and wantarray) {
            return join('', map {defined($fc{$_}) ? $fc{$_} : $_} ($s =~ /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg)), @_;
        }
        else {
            return join('', map {defined($fc{$_}) ? $fc{$_} : $_} ($s =~ /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg));
        }
    }
    else {
        return Egreek::fc_();
    }
}

#
# Greek fold case without parameter
#
sub Egreek::fc_() {
    my $s = $_;
    return join '', map {defined($fc{$_}) ? $fc{$_} : $_} ($s =~ /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg);
}

#
# Greek regexp capture
#
{
    sub Egreek::capture {
        return $_[0];
    }
}

#
# Greek regexp ignore case modifier
#
sub Egreek::ignorecase {

    my @string = @_;
    my $metachar = qr/[\@\\|[\]{]/oxms;

    # ignore case of $scalar or @array
    for my $string (@string) {

        # split regexp
        my @char = $string =~ /\G(
            \[\^ |
                \\? (?:$q_char)
        )/oxmsg;

        # unescape character
        for (my $i=0; $i <= $#char; $i++) {
            next if not defined $char[$i];

            # open character class [...]
            if ($char[$i] eq '[') {
                my $left = $i;

                # [] make die "unmatched [] in regexp ..."

                if ($char[$i+1] eq ']') {
                    $i++;
                }

                while (1) {
                    if (++$i > $#char) {
                        croak "Unmatched [] in regexp";
                    }
                    if ($char[$i] eq ']') {
                        my $right = $i;
                        my @charlist = charlist_qr(@char[$left+1..$right-1], 'i');

                        # escape character
                        for my $char (@charlist) {
                            if (0) {
                            }

                            elsif ($char =~ /\A [.|)] \z/oxms) {
                                $char = $1 . '\\' . $char;
                            }
                        }

                        # [...]
                        splice @char, $left, $right-$left+1, '(?:' . join('|', @charlist) . ')';

                        $i = $left;
                        last;
                    }
                }
            }

            # open character class [^...]
            elsif ($char[$i] eq '[^') {
                my $left = $i;

                # [^] make die "unmatched [] in regexp ..."

                if ($char[$i+1] eq ']') {
                    $i++;
                }

                while (1) {
                    if (++$i > $#char) {
                        croak "Unmatched [] in regexp";
                    }
                    if ($char[$i] eq ']') {
                        my $right = $i;
                        my @charlist = charlist_not_qr(@char[$left+1..$right-1], 'i');

                        # escape character
                        for my $char (@charlist) {
                            if (0) {
                            }

                            elsif ($char =~ /\A [.|)] \z/oxms) {
                                $char = '\\' . $char;
                            }
                        }

                        # [^...]
                        splice @char, $left, $right-$left+1, '(?!' . join('|', @charlist) . ")(?:$your_char)";

                        $i = $left;
                        last;
                    }
                }
            }

            # rewrite classic character class or escape character
            elsif (my $char = classic_character_class($char[$i])) {
                $char[$i] = $char;
            }

            # with /i modifier
            elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A [\x00-\xFF] \z/oxms) {
                my $uc = Egreek::uc($char[$i]);
                my $fc = Egreek::fc($char[$i]);
                if ($uc ne $fc) {
                    if (CORE::length($fc) == 1) {
                        $char[$i] = '['   . $uc       . $fc . ']';
                    }
                    else {
                        $char[$i] = '(?:' . $uc . '|' . $fc . ')';
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        # characterize
        for (my $i=0; $i <= $#char; $i++) {
            next if not defined $char[$i];

            if (0) {
            }

            # quote character before ? + * {
            elsif (($i >= 1) and ($char[$i] =~ /\A [\?\+\*\{] \z/oxms)) {
                if ($char[$i-1] !~ /\A [\x00-\xFF] \z/oxms) {
                    $char[$i-1] = '(?:' . $char[$i-1] . ')';
                }
            }
        }

        $string = join '', @char;
    }

    # make regexp string
    return @string;
}

#
# classic character class ( \D \S \W \d \s \w \C \X \H \V \h \v \R \N \b \B )
#
sub Egreek::classic_character_class {
    my($char) = @_;

    return {
        '\D' => '${Egreek::eD}',
        '\S' => '${Egreek::eS}',
        '\W' => '${Egreek::eW}',
        '\d' => '[0-9]',

        # Before Perl 5.6, \s only matched the five whitespace characters
        # tab, newline, form-feed, carriage return, and the space character
        # itself, which, taken together, is the character class [\t\n\f\r ].

        # Vertical tabs are now whitespace
        # \s in a regex now matches a vertical tab in all circumstances.
        # http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.18.0/pod/perldelta.pod#Vertical_tabs_are_now_whitespace
        #            \t  \n  \v  \f  \r space
        # '\s' => '[\x09\x0A    \x0C\x0D\x20]',
        # '\s' => '[\x09\x0A\x0B\x0C\x0D\x20]',
        '\s'   => '\s',

        '\w' => '[0-9A-Z_a-z]',
        '\C' => '[\x00-\xFF]',
        '\X' => 'X',

        # \h \v \H \V

        # P.114 Character Class Shortcuts
        # in Chapter 7: In the World of Regular Expressions
        # of ISBN 978-0-596-52010-6 Learning Perl, Fifth Edition

        # P.357 13.2.3 Whitespace
        # in Chapter 13: perlrecharclass: Perl Regular Expression Character Classes
        # of ISBN-13: 978-1-906966-02-7 The Perl Language Reference Manual (for Perl version 5.12.1)
        #
        # 0x00009   CHARACTER TABULATION  h s
        # 0x0000a         LINE FEED (LF)   vs
        # 0x0000b        LINE TABULATION   v
        # 0x0000c         FORM FEED (FF)   vs
        # 0x0000d   CARRIAGE RETURN (CR)   vs
        # 0x00020                  SPACE  h s

        # P.196 Table 5-9. Alphanumeric regex metasymbols
        # in Chapter 5. Pattern Matching
        # of ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 Programming Perl 4th Edition.

        # (and so on)

        '\H' => '${Egreek::eH}',
        '\V' => '${Egreek::eV}',
        '\h' => '[\x09\x20]',
        '\v' => '[\x0A\x0B\x0C\x0D]',
        '\R' => '${Egreek::eR}',

        # \N
        #
        # http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html
        # Character Classes and other Special Escapes
        # Any character but \n (experimental). Not affected by /s modifier

        '\N' => '${Egreek::eN}',

        # \b \B

        # P.180 Boundaries: The \b and \B Assertions
        # in Chapter 5: Pattern Matching
        # of ISBN 0-596-00027-8 Programming Perl Third Edition.

        # P.219 Boundaries: The \b and \B Assertions
        # in Chapter 5: Pattern Matching
        # of ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 Programming Perl 4th Edition.

        # '\b' => '(?:(?<=\A|\W)(?=\w)|(?<=\w)(?=\W|\z))',
        '\b' => '${Egreek::eb}',

        # '\B' => '(?:(?<=\w)(?=\w)|(?<=\W)(?=\W))',
        '\B' => '${Egreek::eB}',

    }->{$char} || '';
}

#
# prepare Greek characters per length
#

# 1 octet characters
my @chars1 = ();
sub chars1 {
    if (@chars1) {
        return @chars1;
    }
    if (exists $range_tr{1}) {
        my @ranges = @{ $range_tr{1} };
        while (my @range = splice(@ranges,0,1)) {
            for my $oct0 (@{$range[0]}) {
                push @chars1, pack 'C', $oct0;
            }
        }
    }
    return @chars1;
}

# 2 octets characters
my @chars2 = ();
sub chars2 {
    if (@chars2) {
        return @chars2;
    }
    if (exists $range_tr{2}) {
        my @ranges = @{ $range_tr{2} };
        while (my @range = splice(@ranges,0,2)) {
            for my $oct0 (@{$range[0]}) {
                for my $oct1 (@{$range[1]}) {
                    push @chars2, pack 'CC', $oct0,$oct1;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return @chars2;
}

# 3 octets characters
my @chars3 = ();
sub chars3 {
    if (@chars3) {
        return @chars3;
    }
    if (exists $range_tr{3}) {
        my @ranges = @{ $range_tr{3} };
        while (my @range = splice(@ranges,0,3)) {
            for my $oct0 (@{$range[0]}) {
                for my $oct1 (@{$range[1]}) {
                    for my $oct2 (@{$range[2]}) {
                        push @chars3, pack 'CCC', $oct0,$oct1,$oct2;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return @chars3;
}

# 4 octets characters
my @chars4 = ();
sub chars4 {
    if (@chars4) {
        return @chars4;
    }
    if (exists $range_tr{4}) {
        my @ranges = @{ $range_tr{4} };
        while (my @range = splice(@ranges,0,4)) {
            for my $oct0 (@{$range[0]}) {
                for my $oct1 (@{$range[1]}) {
                    for my $oct2 (@{$range[2]}) {
                        for my $oct3 (@{$range[3]}) {
                            push @chars4, pack 'CCCC', $oct0,$oct1,$oct2,$oct3;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return @chars4;
}

#
# Greek open character list for tr
#
sub _charlist_tr {

    local $_ = shift @_;

    # unescape character
    my @char = ();
    while (not /\G \z/oxmsgc) {
        if (/\G (\\0?55|\\x2[Dd]|\\-) /oxmsgc) {
            push @char, '\-';
        }
        elsif (/\G \\ ([0-7]{2,3}) /oxmsgc) {
            push @char, CORE::chr(oct $1);
        }
        elsif (/\G \\x ([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2}) /oxmsgc) {
            push @char, CORE::chr(hex $1);
        }
        elsif (/\G \\c ([\x40-\x5F]) /oxmsgc) {
            push @char, CORE::chr(CORE::ord($1) & 0x1F);
        }
        elsif (/\G (\\ [0nrtfbae]) /oxmsgc) {
            push @char, {
                '\0' => "\0",
                '\n' => "\n",
                '\r' => "\r",
                '\t' => "\t",
                '\f' => "\f",
                '\b' => "\x08", # \b means backspace in character class
                '\a' => "\a",
                '\e' => "\e",
            }->{$1};
        }
        elsif (/\G \\ ($q_char) /oxmsgc) {
            push @char, $1;
        }
        elsif (/\G ($q_char) /oxmsgc) {
            push @char, $1;
        }
    }

    # join separated multiple-octet
    @char = join('',@char) =~ /\G (\\-|$q_char) /oxmsg;

    # unescape '-'
    my @i = ();
    for my $i (0 .. $#char) {
        if ($char[$i] eq '\-') {
            $char[$i] = '-';
        }
        elsif ($char[$i] eq '-') {
            if ((0 < $i) and ($i < $#char)) {
                push @i, $i;
            }
        }
    }

    # open character list (reverse for splice)
    for my $i (CORE::reverse @i) {
        my @range = ();

        # range error
        if ((CORE::length($char[$i-1]) > CORE::length($char[$i+1])) or ($char[$i-1] gt $char[$i+1])) {
            croak "Invalid tr/// range \"\\x" . unpack('H*',$char[$i-1]) . '-\x' . unpack('H*',$char[$i+1]) . '"';
        }

        # range of multiple-octet code
        if (CORE::length($char[$i-1]) == 1) {
            if (CORE::length($char[$i+1]) == 1) {
                push @range, grep {($char[$i-1] le $_) and ($_ le $char[$i+1])} chars1();
            }
            elsif (CORE::length($char[$i+1]) == 2) {
                push @range, grep {$char[$i-1] le $_}                           chars1();
                push @range, grep {$_ le $char[$i+1]}                           chars2();
            }
            elsif (CORE::length($char[$i+1]) == 3) {
                push @range, grep {$char[$i-1] le $_}                           chars1();
                push @range,                                                    chars2();
                push @range, grep {$_ le $char[$i+1]}                           chars3();
            }
            elsif (CORE::length($char[$i+1]) == 4) {
                push @range, grep {$char[$i-1] le $_}                           chars1();
                push @range,                                                    chars2();
                push @range,                                                    chars3();
                push @range, grep {$_ le $char[$i+1]}                           chars4();
            }
            else {
                croak "Invalid tr/// range (over 4octets) \"\\x" . unpack('H*',$char[$i-1]) . '-\x' . unpack('H*',$char[$i+1]) . '"';
            }
        }
        elsif (CORE::length($char[$i-1]) == 2) {
            if (CORE::length($char[$i+1]) == 2) {
                push @range, grep {($char[$i-1] le $_) and ($_ le $char[$i+1])} chars2();
            }
            elsif (CORE::length($char[$i+1]) == 3) {
                push @range, grep {$char[$i-1] le $_}                           chars2();
                push @range, grep {$_ le $char[$i+1]}                           chars3();
            }
            elsif (CORE::length($char[$i+1]) == 4) {
                push @range, grep {$char[$i-1] le $_}                           chars2();
                push @range,                                                    chars3();
                push @range, grep {$_ le $char[$i+1]}                           chars4();
            }
            else {
                croak "Invalid tr/// range (over 4octets) \"\\x" . unpack('H*',$char[$i-1]) . '-\x' . unpack('H*',$char[$i+1]) . '"';
            }
        }
        elsif (CORE::length($char[$i-1]) == 3) {
            if (CORE::length($char[$i+1]) == 3) {
                push @range, grep {($char[$i-1] le $_) and ($_ le $char[$i+1])} chars3();
            }
            elsif (CORE::length($char[$i+1]) == 4) {
                push @range, grep {$char[$i-1] le $_}                           chars3();
                push @range, grep {$_ le $char[$i+1]}                           chars4();
            }
            else {
                croak "Invalid tr/// range (over 4octets) \"\\x" . unpack('H*',$char[$i-1]) . '-\x' . unpack('H*',$char[$i+1]) . '"';
            }
        }
        elsif (CORE::length($char[$i-1]) == 4) {
            if (CORE::length($char[$i+1]) == 4) {
                push @range, grep {($char[$i-1] le $_) and ($_ le $char[$i+1])} chars4();
            }
            else {
                croak "Invalid tr/// range (over 4octets) \"\\x" . unpack('H*',$char[$i-1]) . '-\x' . unpack('H*',$char[$i+1]) . '"';
            }
        }
        else {
            croak "Invalid tr/// range (over 4octets) \"\\x" . unpack('H*',$char[$i-1]) . '-\x' . unpack('H*',$char[$i+1]) . '"';
        }

        splice @char, $i-1, 3, @range;
    }

    return @char;
}

#
# Greek open character class
#
sub _cc {
    if (scalar(@_) == 0) {
        die __FILE__, ": subroutine cc got no parameter.";
    }
    elsif (scalar(@_) == 1) {
        return sprintf('\x%02X',$_[0]);
    }
    elsif (scalar(@_) == 2) {
        if ($_[0] > $_[1]) {
            die __FILE__, ": subroutine cc got \$_[0] > \$_[1] parameters).";
        }
        elsif ($_[0] == $_[1]) {
            return sprintf('\x%02X',$_[0]);
        }
        elsif (($_[0]+1) == $_[1]) {
            return sprintf('[\\x%02X\\x%02X]',$_[0],$_[1]);
        }
        else {
            return sprintf('[\\x%02X-\\x%02X]',$_[0],$_[1]);
        }
    }
    else {
        die __FILE__, ": subroutine cc got 3 or more parameters (@{[scalar(@_)]} parameters).";
    }
}

#
# Greek octet range
#
sub _octets {
    my $length = shift @_;

    if ($length == 1) {
        my($a1) = unpack 'C', $_[0];
        my($z1) = unpack 'C', $_[1];

        if ($a1 > $z1) {
            croak 'Invalid [] range in regexp (CORE::ord(A) > CORE::ord(B)) ' . '\x' . unpack('H*',$a1) . '-\x' . unpack('H*',$z1);
        }

        if ($a1 == $z1) {
            return sprintf('\x%02X',$a1);
        }
        elsif (($a1+1) == $z1) {
            return sprintf('\x%02X\x%02X',$a1,$z1);
        }
        else {
            return sprintf('\x%02X-\x%02X',$a1,$z1);
        }
    }
    else {
        die __FILE__, ": subroutine _octets got invalid length ($length).";
    }
}

#
# Greek range regexp
#
sub _range_regexp {
    my($length,$first,$last) = @_;

    my @range_regexp = ();
    if (not exists $range_tr{$length}) {
        return @range_regexp;
    }

    my @ranges = @{ $range_tr{$length} };
    while (my @range = splice(@ranges,0,$length)) {
        my $min = '';
        my $max = '';
        for (my $i=0; $i < $length; $i++) {
            $min .= pack 'C', $range[$i][0];
            $max .= pack 'C', $range[$i][-1];
        }

# min___max
#            FIRST_____________LAST
#       (nothing)

        if ($max lt $first) {
        }

#            **********
#       min_________max
#            FIRST_____________LAST
#            **********

        elsif (($min le $first) and ($first le $max) and ($max le $last)) {
            push @range_regexp, _octets($length,$first,$max,$min,$max);
        }

#            **********************
#            min________________max
#            FIRST_____________LAST
#            **********************

        elsif (($min eq $first) and ($max eq $last)) {
            push @range_regexp, _octets($length,$first,$last,$min,$max);
        }

#                   *********
#                   min___max
#            FIRST_____________LAST
#                   *********

        elsif (($first le $min) and ($max le $last)) {
            push @range_regexp, _octets($length,$min,$max,$min,$max);
        }

#            **********************
#       min__________________________max
#            FIRST_____________LAST
#            **********************

        elsif (($min le $first) and ($last le $max)) {
            push @range_regexp, _octets($length,$first,$last,$min,$max);
        }

#                         *********
#                         min________max
#            FIRST_____________LAST
#                         *********

        elsif (($first le $min) and ($min le $last) and ($last le $max)) {
            push @range_regexp, _octets($length,$min,$last,$min,$max);
        }

#                                    min___max
#            FIRST_____________LAST
#                              (nothing)

        elsif ($last lt $min) {
        }

        else {
            die __FILE__, ": subroutine _range_regexp panic.";
        }
    }

    return @range_regexp;
}

#
# Greek open character list for qr and not qr
#
sub _charlist {

    my $modifier = pop @_;
    my @char = @_;

    my $ignorecase = ($modifier =~ /i/oxms) ? 1 : 0;

    # unescape character
    for (my $i=0; $i <= $#char; $i++) {

        # escape - to ...
        if ($char[$i] eq '-') {
            if ((0 < $i) and ($i < $#char)) {
                $char[$i] = '...';
            }
        }

        # octal escape sequence
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A \\o \{ ([0-7]+) \} \z/oxms) {
            $char[$i] = octchr($1);
        }

        # hexadecimal escape sequence
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A \\x \{ ([0-9A-Fa-f]+) \} \z/oxms) {
            $char[$i] = hexchr($1);
        }

        # \N{CHARNAME} --> N\{CHARNAME}
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A \\ (N) ( \{ ([^0-9\}][^\}]*) \} ) \z/oxms) {
            $char[$i] = $1 . '\\' . $2;
        }

        # \p{PROPERTY} --> p\{PROPERTY}
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A \\ (p) ( \{ ([^0-9\}][^\}]*) \} ) \z/oxms) {
            $char[$i] = $1 . '\\' . $2;
        }

        # \P{PROPERTY} --> P\{PROPERTY}
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A \\ (P) ( \{ ([^0-9\}][^\}]*) \} ) \z/oxms) {
            $char[$i] = $1 . '\\' . $2;
        }

        # \p, \P, \X --> p, P, X
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A \\ ( [pPX] ) \z/oxms) {
            $char[$i] = $1;
        }

        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A \\ ([0-7]{2,3}) \z/oxms) {
            $char[$i] = CORE::chr oct $1;
        }
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A \\x ([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2}) \z/oxms) {
            $char[$i] = CORE::chr hex $1;
        }
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A \\c ([\x40-\x5F]) \z/oxms) {
            $char[$i] = CORE::chr(CORE::ord($1) & 0x1F);
        }
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A (\\ [0nrtfbaedswDSWHVhvR]) \z/oxms) {
            $char[$i] = {
                '\0' => "\0",
                '\n' => "\n",
                '\r' => "\r",
                '\t' => "\t",
                '\f' => "\f",
                '\b' => "\x08", # \b means backspace in character class
                '\a' => "\a",
                '\e' => "\e",
                '\d' => '[0-9]',

                # Vertical tabs are now whitespace
                # \s in a regex now matches a vertical tab in all circumstances.
                # http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.18.0/pod/perldelta.pod#Vertical_tabs_are_now_whitespace
                #            \t  \n  \v  \f  \r space
                # '\s' => '[\x09\x0A    \x0C\x0D\x20]',
                # '\s' => '[\x09\x0A\x0B\x0C\x0D\x20]',
                '\s'   => '\s',

                '\w' => '[0-9A-Z_a-z]',
                '\D' => '${Egreek::eD}',
                '\S' => '${Egreek::eS}',
                '\W' => '${Egreek::eW}',

                '\H' => '${Egreek::eH}',
                '\V' => '${Egreek::eV}',
                '\h' => '[\x09\x20]',
                '\v' => '[\x0A\x0B\x0C\x0D]',
                '\R' => '${Egreek::eR}',

            }->{$1};
        }

        # POSIX-style character classes
        elsif ($ignorecase and ($char[$i] =~ /\A ( \[\: \^? (?:lower|upper) :\] ) \z/oxms)) {
            $char[$i] = {

                '[:lower:]'   => '[\x41-\x5A\x61-\x7A]',
                '[:upper:]'   => '[\x41-\x5A\x61-\x7A]',
                '[:^lower:]'  => '${Egreek::not_lower_i}',
                '[:^upper:]'  => '${Egreek::not_upper_i}',

            }->{$1};
        }
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A ( \[\: \^? (?:alnum|alpha|ascii|blank|cntrl|digit|graph|lower|print|punct|space|upper|word|xdigit) :\] ) \z/oxms) {
            $char[$i] = {

                '[:alnum:]'   => '[\x30-\x39\x41-\x5A\x61-\x7A]',
                '[:alpha:]'   => '[\x41-\x5A\x61-\x7A]',
                '[:ascii:]'   => '[\x00-\x7F]',
                '[:blank:]'   => '[\x09\x20]',
                '[:cntrl:]'   => '[\x00-\x1F\x7F]',
                '[:digit:]'   => '[\x30-\x39]',
                '[:graph:]'   => '[\x21-\x7F]',
                '[:lower:]'   => '[\x61-\x7A]',
                '[:print:]'   => '[\x20-\x7F]',
                '[:punct:]'   => '[\x21-\x2F\x3A-\x3F\x40\x5B-\x5F\x60\x7B-\x7E]',

                # P.174 POSIX-Style Character Classes
                # in Chapter 5: Pattern Matching
                # of ISBN 0-596-00027-8 Programming Perl Third Edition.

                # P.311 11.2.4 Character Classes and other Special Escapes
                # in Chapter 11: perlre: Perl regular expressions
                # of ISBN-13: 978-1-906966-02-7 The Perl Language Reference Manual (for Perl version 5.12.1)

                # P.210 POSIX-Style Character Classes
                # in Chapter 5: Pattern Matching
                # of ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 Programming Perl 4th Edition.

                '[:space:]'   => '[\s\x0B]', # "\s" plus vertical tab ("\cK")

                '[:upper:]'   => '[\x41-\x5A]',
                '[:word:]'    => '[\x30-\x39\x41-\x5A\x5F\x61-\x7A]',
                '[:xdigit:]'  => '[\x30-\x39\x41-\x46\x61-\x66]',
                '[:^alnum:]'  => '${Egreek::not_alnum}',
                '[:^alpha:]'  => '${Egreek::not_alpha}',
                '[:^ascii:]'  => '${Egreek::not_ascii}',
                '[:^blank:]'  => '${Egreek::not_blank}',
                '[:^cntrl:]'  => '${Egreek::not_cntrl}',
                '[:^digit:]'  => '${Egreek::not_digit}',
                '[:^graph:]'  => '${Egreek::not_graph}',
                '[:^lower:]'  => '${Egreek::not_lower}',
                '[:^print:]'  => '${Egreek::not_print}',
                '[:^punct:]'  => '${Egreek::not_punct}',
                '[:^space:]'  => '${Egreek::not_space}',
                '[:^upper:]'  => '${Egreek::not_upper}',
                '[:^word:]'   => '${Egreek::not_word}',
                '[:^xdigit:]' => '${Egreek::not_xdigit}',

            }->{$1};
        }
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A \\ ($q_char) \z/oxms) {
            $char[$i] = $1;
        }
    }

    # open character list
    my @singleoctet   = ();
    my @multipleoctet = ();
    for (my $i=0; $i <= $#char; ) {

        # escaped -
        if (defined($char[$i+1]) and ($char[$i+1] eq '...')) {
            $i += 1;
            next;
        }

        # make range regexp
        elsif ($char[$i] eq '...') {

            # range error
            if (CORE::length($char[$i-1]) > CORE::length($char[$i+1])) {
                croak 'Invalid [] range in regexp (length(A) > length(B)) ' . '\x' . unpack('H*',$char[$i-1]) . '-\x' . unpack('H*',$char[$i+1]);
            }
            elsif (CORE::length($char[$i-1]) == CORE::length($char[$i+1])) {
                if ($char[$i-1] gt $char[$i+1]) {
                    croak 'Invalid [] range in regexp (CORE::ord(A) > CORE::ord(B)) ' . '\x' . unpack('H*',$char[$i-1]) . '-\x' . unpack('H*',$char[$i+1]);
                }
            }

            # make range regexp per length
            for my $length (CORE::length($char[$i-1]) .. CORE::length($char[$i+1])) {
                my @regexp = ();

                # is first and last
                if (($length == CORE::length($char[$i-1])) and ($length == CORE::length($char[$i+1]))) {
                    push @regexp, _range_regexp($length, $char[$i-1], $char[$i+1]);
                }

                # is first
                elsif ($length == CORE::length($char[$i-1])) {
                    push @regexp, _range_regexp($length, $char[$i-1], "\xFF" x $length);
                }

                # is inside in first and last
                elsif ((CORE::length($char[$i-1]) < $length) and ($length < CORE::length($char[$i+1]))) {
                    push @regexp, _range_regexp($length, "\x00" x $length, "\xFF" x $length);
                }

                # is last
                elsif ($length == CORE::length($char[$i+1])) {
                    push @regexp, _range_regexp($length, "\x00" x $length, $char[$i+1]);
                }

                else {
                    die __FILE__, ": subroutine make_regexp panic.";
                }

                if ($length == 1) {
                    push @singleoctet, @regexp;
                }
                else {
                    push @multipleoctet, @regexp;
                }
            }

            $i += 2;
        }

        # with /i modifier
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A [\x00-\xFF] \z/oxms) {
            if ($modifier =~ /i/oxms) {
                my $uc = Egreek::uc($char[$i]);
                my $fc = Egreek::fc($char[$i]);
                if ($uc ne $fc) {
                    if (CORE::length($fc) == 1) {
                        push @singleoctet, $uc, $fc;
                    }
                    else {
                        push @singleoctet,   $uc;
                        push @multipleoctet, $fc;
                    }
                }
                else {
                    push @singleoctet, $char[$i];
                }
            }
            else {
                push @singleoctet, $char[$i];
            }
            $i += 1;
        }

        # single character of single octet code
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A (?: \\h ) \z/oxms) {
            push @singleoctet, "\t", "\x20";
            $i += 1;
        }
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A (?: \\v ) \z/oxms) {
            push @singleoctet, "\x0A", "\x0B", "\x0C", "\x0D";
            $i += 1;
        }
        elsif ($char[$i] =~ /\A (?: \\d | \\s | \\w ) \z/oxms) {
            push @singleoctet, $char[$i];
            $i += 1;
        }

        # single character of multiple-octet code
        else {
            push @multipleoctet, $char[$i];
            $i += 1;
        }
    }

    # quote metachar
    for (@singleoctet) {
        if ($_ eq '...') {
            $_ = '-';
        }
        elsif (/\A \n \z/oxms) {
            $_ = '\n';
        }
        elsif (/\A \r \z/oxms) {
            $_ = '\r';
        }
        elsif (/\A ([\x00-\x20\x7F-\xFF]) \z/oxms) {
            $_ = sprintf('\x%02X', CORE::ord $1);
        }
        elsif (/\A [\x00-\xFF] \z/oxms) {
            $_ = quotemeta $_;
        }
    }

    # return character list
    return \@singleoctet, \@multipleoctet;
}

#
# Greek octal escape sequence
#
sub octchr {
    my($octdigit) = @_;

    my @binary = ();
    for my $octal (split(//,$octdigit)) {
        push @binary, {
            '0' => '000',
            '1' => '001',
            '2' => '010',
            '3' => '011',
            '4' => '100',
            '5' => '101',
            '6' => '110',
            '7' => '111',
        }->{$octal};
    }
    my $binary = join '', @binary;

    my $octchr = {
        #                1234567
        1 => pack('B*', "0000000$binary"),
        2 => pack('B*', "000000$binary"),
        3 => pack('B*', "00000$binary"),
        4 => pack('B*', "0000$binary"),
        5 => pack('B*', "000$binary"),
        6 => pack('B*', "00$binary"),
        7 => pack('B*', "0$binary"),
        0 => pack('B*', "$binary"),

    }->{CORE::length($binary) % 8};

    return $octchr;
}

#
# Greek hexadecimal escape sequence
#
sub hexchr {
    my($hexdigit) = @_;

    my $hexchr = {
        1 => pack('H*', "0$hexdigit"),
        0 => pack('H*', "$hexdigit"),

    }->{CORE::length($_[0]) % 2};

    return $hexchr;
}

#
# Greek open character list for qr
#
sub charlist_qr {

    my $modifier = pop @_;
    my @char = @_;

    my($singleoctet, $multipleoctet) = _charlist(@char, $modifier);
    my @singleoctet   = @$singleoctet;
    my @multipleoctet = @$multipleoctet;

    # return character list
    if (scalar(@singleoctet) >= 1) {

        # with /i modifier
        if ($modifier =~ m/i/oxms) {
            my %singleoctet_ignorecase = ();
            for (@singleoctet) {
                while (s/ \A \\x(..) - \\x(..) //oxms or s/ \A \\x((..)) //oxms) {
                    for my $ord (hex($1) .. hex($2)) {
                        my $char = CORE::chr($ord);
                        my $uc = Egreek::uc($char);
                        my $fc = Egreek::fc($char);
                        if ($uc eq $fc) {
                            $singleoctet_ignorecase{unpack 'C*', $char} = 1;
                        }
                        else {
                            if (CORE::length($fc) == 1) {
                                $singleoctet_ignorecase{unpack 'C*', $uc} = 1;
                                $singleoctet_ignorecase{unpack 'C*', $fc} = 1;
                            }
                            else {
                                $singleoctet_ignorecase{unpack 'C*', $uc} = 1;
                                push @multipleoctet, join '', map {sprintf('\x%02X',$_)} unpack 'C*', $fc;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                if ($_ ne '') {
                    $singleoctet_ignorecase{unpack 'C*', $_} = 1;
                }
            }
            my $i = 0;
            my @singleoctet_ignorecase = ();
            for my $ord (0 .. 255) {
                if (exists $singleoctet_ignorecase{$ord}) {
                    push @{$singleoctet_ignorecase[$i]}, $ord;
                }
                else {
                    $i++;
                }
            }
            @singleoctet = ();
            for my $range (@singleoctet_ignorecase) {
                if (ref $range) {
                    if (scalar(@{$range}) == 1) {
                        push @singleoctet, sprintf('\x%02X', @{$range}[0]);
                    }
                    elsif (scalar(@{$range}) == 2) {
                        push @singleoctet, sprintf('\x%02X\x%02X', @{$range}[0], @{$range}[-1]);
                    }
                    else {
                        push @singleoctet, sprintf('\x%02X-\x%02X', @{$range}[0], @{$range}[-1]);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        my $not_anchor = '';

        push @multipleoctet, join('', $not_anchor, '[', @singleoctet, ']' );
    }
    if (scalar(@multipleoctet) >= 2) {
        return '(?:' . join('|', @multipleoctet) . ')';
    }
    else {
        return $multipleoctet[0];
    }
}

#
# Greek open character list for not qr
#
sub charlist_not_qr {

    my $modifier = pop @_;
    my @char = @_;

    my($singleoctet, $multipleoctet) = _charlist(@char, $modifier);
    my @singleoctet   = @$singleoctet;
    my @multipleoctet = @$multipleoctet;

    # with /i modifier
    if ($modifier =~ m/i/oxms) {
        my %singleoctet_ignorecase = ();
        for (@singleoctet) {
            while (s/ \A \\x(..) - \\x(..) //oxms or s/ \A \\x((..)) //oxms) {
                for my $ord (hex($1) .. hex($2)) {
                    my $char = CORE::chr($ord);
                    my $uc = Egreek::uc($char);
                    my $fc = Egreek::fc($char);
                    if ($uc eq $fc) {
                        $singleoctet_ignorecase{unpack 'C*', $char} = 1;
                    }
                    else {
                        if (CORE::length($fc) == 1) {
                            $singleoctet_ignorecase{unpack 'C*', $uc} = 1;
                            $singleoctet_ignorecase{unpack 'C*', $fc} = 1;
                        }
                        else {
                            $singleoctet_ignorecase{unpack 'C*', $uc} = 1;
                            push @multipleoctet, join '', map {sprintf('\x%02X',$_)} unpack 'C*', $fc;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            if ($_ ne '') {
                $singleoctet_ignorecase{unpack 'C*', $_} = 1;
            }
        }
        my $i = 0;
        my @singleoctet_ignorecase = ();
        for my $ord (0 .. 255) {
            if (exists $singleoctet_ignorecase{$ord}) {
                push @{$singleoctet_ignorecase[$i]}, $ord;
            }
            else {
                $i++;
            }
        }
        @singleoctet = ();
        for my $range (@singleoctet_ignorecase) {
            if (ref $range) {
                if (scalar(@{$range}) == 1) {
                    push @singleoctet, sprintf('\x%02X', @{$range}[0]);
                }
                elsif (scalar(@{$range}) == 2) {
                    push @singleoctet, sprintf('\x%02X\x%02X', @{$range}[0], @{$range}[-1]);
                }
                else {
                    push @singleoctet, sprintf('\x%02X-\x%02X', @{$range}[0], @{$range}[-1]);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    # return character list
    if (scalar(@multipleoctet) >= 1) {
        if (scalar(@singleoctet) >= 1) {

            # any character other than multiple-octet and single octet character class
            return '(?!' . join('|', @multipleoctet) . ')(?:[^' . join('', @singleoctet) . '])';
        }
        else {

            # any character other than multiple-octet character class
            return '(?!' . join('|', @multipleoctet) . ")(?:$your_char)";
        }
    }
    else {
        if (scalar(@singleoctet) >= 1) {

            # any character other than single octet character class
            return                                      '(?:[^' . join('', @singleoctet) . '])';
        }
        else {

            # any character
            return                                      "(?:$your_char)";
        }
    }
}

#
# open file in read mode
#
sub _open_r {
    my(undef,$file) = @_;
    $file =~ s#\A (\s) #./$1#oxms;
    return eval(q{open($_[0],'<',$_[1])}) ||
                  open($_[0],"< $file\0");
}

#
# open file in write mode
#
sub _open_w {
    my(undef,$file) = @_;
    $file =~ s#\A (\s) #./$1#oxms;
    return eval(q{open($_[0],'>',$_[1])}) ||
                  open($_[0],"> $file\0");
}

#
# open file in append mode
#
sub _open_a {
    my(undef,$file) = @_;
    $file =~ s#\A (\s) #./$1#oxms;
    return eval(q{open($_[0],'>>',$_[1])}) ||
                  open($_[0],">> $file\0");
}

#
# safe system
#
sub _systemx {

    # P.707 29.2.33. exec
    # in Chapter 29: Functions
    # of ISBN 0-596-00027-8 Programming Perl Third Edition.
    #
    # Be aware that in older releases of Perl, exec (and system) did not flush
    # your output buffer, so you needed to enable command buffering by setting $|
    # on one or more filehandles to avoid lost output in the case of exec, or
    # misordererd output in the case of system. This situation was largely remedied
    # in the 5.6 release of Perl. (So, 5.005 release not yet.)

    # P.855 exec
    # in Chapter 27: Functions
    # of ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 Programming Perl 4th Edition.
    #
    # In very old release of Perl (before v5.6), exec (and system) did not flush
    # your output buffer, so you needed to enable command buffering by setting $|
    # on one or more filehandles to avoid lost output with exec or misordered
    # output with system.

    $| = 1;

    # P.565 23.1.2. Cleaning Up Your Environment
    # in Chapter 23: Security
    # of ISBN 0-596-00027-8 Programming Perl Third Edition.

    # P.656 Cleaning Up Your Environment
    # in Chapter 20: Security
    # of ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 Programming Perl 4th Edition.

    # local $ENV{'PATH'} = '.';
    local @ENV{qw(IFS CDPATH ENV BASH_ENV)}; # Make %ENV safer

    # P.707 29.2.33. exec
    # in Chapter 29: Functions
    # of ISBN 0-596-00027-8 Programming Perl Third Edition.
    #
    # As we mentioned earlier, exec treats a discrete list of arguments as an
    # indication that it should bypass shell processing. However, there is one
    # place where you might still get tripped up. The exec call (and system, too)
    # will not distinguish between a single scalar argument and an array containing
    # only one element.
    #
    #     @args = ("echo surprise");  # just one element in list
    #     exec @args                  # still subject to shell escapes
    #         or die "exec: $!";      #   because @args == 1
    #
    # To avoid this, you can use the PATHNAME syntax, explicitly duplicating the
    # first argument as the pathname, which forces the rest of the arguments to be
    # interpreted as a list, even if there is only one of them:
    #
    #     exec { $args[0] } @args  # safe even with one-argument list
    #         or die "can't exec @args: $!";

    # P.855 exec
    # in Chapter 27: Functions
    # of ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 Programming Perl 4th Edition.
    #
    # As we mentioned earlier, exec treats a discrete list of arguments as a
    # directive to bypass shell processing. However, there is one place where
    # you might still get tripped up. The exec call (and system, too) cannot
    # distinguish between a single scalar argument and an array containing
    # only one element.
    #
    #     @args = ("echo surprise");  # just one element in list
    #     exec @args                  # still subject to shell escapes
    #         || die "exec: $!";      #   because @args == 1
    #
    # To avoid this, use the PATHNAME syntax, explicitly duplicating the first
    # argument as the pathname, which forces the rest of the arguments to be
    # interpreted as a list, even if there is only one of them:
    #
    #     exec { $args[0] } @args  # safe even with one-argument list
    #         || die "can't exec @args: $!";

    return CORE::system { $_[0] } @_; # safe even with one-argument list
}

#
# Greek order to character (with parameter)
#
sub Egreek::chr(;$) {

    my $c = @_ ? $_[0] : $_;

    if ($c == 0x00) {
        return "\x00";
    }
    else {
        my @chr = ();
        while ($c > 0) {
            unshift @chr, ($c % 0x100);
            $c = int($c / 0x100);
        }
        return pack 'C*', @chr;
    }
}

#
# Greek order to character (without parameter)
#
sub Egreek::chr_() {

    my $c = $_;

    if ($c == 0x00) {
        return "\x00";
    }
    else {
        my @chr = ();
        while ($c > 0) {
            unshift @chr, ($c % 0x100);
            $c = int($c / 0x100);
        }
        return pack 'C*', @chr;
    }
}

#
# Greek path globbing (with parameter)
#
sub Egreek::glob($) {

    if (wantarray) {
        my @glob = _DOS_like_glob(@_);
        for my $glob (@glob) {
            $glob =~ s{ \A (?:\./)+ }{}oxms;
        }
        return @glob;
    }
    else {
        my $glob = _DOS_like_glob(@_);
        $glob =~ s{ \A (?:\./)+ }{}oxms;
        return $glob;
    }
}

#
# Greek path globbing (without parameter)
#
sub Egreek::glob_() {

    if (wantarray) {
        my @glob = _DOS_like_glob();
        for my $glob (@glob) {
            $glob =~ s{ \A (?:\./)+ }{}oxms;
        }
        return @glob;
    }
    else {
        my $glob = _DOS_like_glob();
        $glob =~ s{ \A (?:\./)+ }{}oxms;
        return $glob;
    }
}

#
# Greek path globbing via File::DosGlob 1.10
#
# Often I confuse "_dosglob" and "_doglob".
# So, I renamed "_dosglob" to "_DOS_like_glob".
#
my %iter;
my %entries;
sub _DOS_like_glob {

    # context (keyed by second cxix argument provided by core)
    my($expr,$cxix) = @_;

    # glob without args defaults to $_
    $expr = $_ if not defined $expr;

    # represents the current user's home directory
    #
    # 7.3. Expanding Tildes in Filenames
    # in Chapter 7. File Access
    # of ISBN 0-596-00313-7 Perl Cookbook, 2nd Edition.
    #
    # and File::HomeDir, File::HomeDir::Windows module

    # DOS-like system
    if ($^O =~ /\A (?: MSWin32 | NetWare | symbian | dos ) \z/oxms) {
        $expr =~ s{ \A ~ (?= [^/\\] ) }
                  { my_home_MSWin32() }oxmse;
    }

    # UNIX-like system
    else {
        $expr =~ s{ \A ~ ( (?:[^/])* ) }
                  { $1 ? (eval(q{(getpwnam($1))[7]})||my_home()) : my_home() }oxmse;
    }

    # assume global context if not provided one
    $cxix = '_G_' if not defined $cxix;
    $iter{$cxix} = 0 if not exists $iter{$cxix};

    # if we're just beginning, do it all first
    if ($iter{$cxix} == 0) {
            $entries{$cxix} = [ _do_glob(1, _parse_line($expr)) ];
    }

    # chuck it all out, quick or slow
    if (wantarray) {
        delete $iter{$cxix};
        return @{delete $entries{$cxix}};
    }
    else {
        if ($iter{$cxix} = scalar @{$entries{$cxix}}) {
            return shift @{$entries{$cxix}};
        }
        else {
            # return undef for EOL
            delete $iter{$cxix};
            delete $entries{$cxix};
            return undef;
        }
    }
}

#
# Greek path globbing subroutine
#
sub _do_glob {

    my($cond,@expr) = @_;
    my @glob = ();
    my $fix_drive_relative_paths = 0;

OUTER:
    for my $expr (@expr) {
        next OUTER if not defined $expr;
        next OUTER if $expr eq '';

        my @matched = ();
        my @globdir = ();
        my $head    = '.';
        my $pathsep = '/';
        my $tail;

        # if argument is within quotes strip em and do no globbing
        if ($expr =~ /\A " ((?:$q_char)*) " \z/oxms) {
            $expr = $1;
            if ($cond eq 'd') {
                if (-d $expr) {
                    push @glob, $expr;
                }
            }
            else {
                if (-e $expr) {
                    push @glob, $expr;
                }
            }
            next OUTER;
        }

        # wildcards with a drive prefix such as h:*.pm must be changed
        # to h:./*.pm to expand correctly
        if ($^O =~ /\A (?: MSWin32 | NetWare | symbian | dos ) \z/oxms) {
            if ($expr =~ s# \A ((?:[A-Za-z]:)?) ([^/\\]) #$1./$2#oxms) {
                $fix_drive_relative_paths = 1;
            }
        }

        if (($head, $tail) = _parse_path($expr,$pathsep)) {
            if ($tail eq '') {
                push @glob, $expr;
                next OUTER;
            }
            if ($head =~ / \A (?:$q_char)*? [*?] /oxms) {
                if (@globdir = _do_glob('d', $head)) {
                    push @glob, _do_glob($cond, map {"$_$pathsep$tail"} @globdir);
                    next OUTER;
                }
            }
            if ($head eq '' or $head =~ /\A [A-Za-z]: \z/oxms) {
                $head .= $pathsep;
            }
            $expr = $tail;
        }

        # If file component has no wildcards, we can avoid opendir
        if ($expr !~ / \A (?:$q_char)*? [*?] /oxms) {
            if ($head eq '.') {
                $head = '';
            }
            if ($head ne '' and ($head =~ / \G ($q_char) /oxmsg)[-1] ne $pathsep) {
                $head .= $pathsep;
            }
            $head .= $expr;
            if ($cond eq 'd') {
                if (-d $head) {
                    push @glob, $head;
                }
            }
            else {
                if (-e $head) {
                    push @glob, $head;
                }
            }
            next OUTER;
        }
        opendir(*DIR, $head) or next OUTER;
        my @leaf = readdir DIR;
        closedir DIR;

        if ($head eq '.') {
            $head = '';
        }
        if ($head ne '' and ($head =~ / \G ($q_char) /oxmsg)[-1] ne $pathsep) {
            $head .= $pathsep;
        }

        my $pattern = '';
        while ($expr =~ / \G ($q_char) /oxgc) {
            my $char = $1;

            # 6.9. Matching Shell Globs as Regular Expressions
            # in Chapter 6. Pattern Matching
            # of ISBN 0-596-00313-7 Perl Cookbook, 2nd Edition.
            # (and so on)

            if ($char eq '*') {
                $pattern .= "(?:$your_char)*",
            }
            elsif ($char eq '?') {
                $pattern .= "(?:$your_char)?",  # DOS style
#               $pattern .= "(?:$your_char)",   # UNIX style
            }
            elsif ((my $fc = Egreek::fc($char)) ne $char) {
                $pattern .= $fc;
            }
            else {
                $pattern .= quotemeta $char;
            }
        }
        my $matchsub = sub { Egreek::fc($_[0]) =~ /\A $pattern \z/xms };

#       if ($@) {
#           print STDERR "$0: $@\n";
#           next OUTER;
#       }

INNER:
        for my $leaf (@leaf) {
            if ($leaf eq '.' or $leaf eq '..') {
                next INNER;
            }
            if ($cond eq 'd' and not -d "$head$leaf") {
                next INNER;
            }

            if (&$matchsub($leaf)) {
                push @matched, "$head$leaf";
                next INNER;
            }

            # [DOS compatibility special case]
            # Failed, add a trailing dot and try again, but only...

            if (Egreek::index($leaf,'.') == -1 and   # if name does not have a dot in it *and*
                CORE::length($leaf) <= 8 and        # name is shorter than or equal to 8 chars *and*
                Egreek::index($pattern,'\\.') != -1  # pattern has a dot.
            ) {
                if (&$matchsub("$leaf.")) {
                    push @matched, "$head$leaf";
                    next INNER;
                }
            }
        }
        if (@matched) {
            push @glob, @matched;
        }
    }
    if ($fix_drive_relative_paths) {
        for my $glob (@glob) {
            $glob =~ s# \A ([A-Za-z]:) \./ #$1#oxms;
        }
    }
    return @glob;
}

#
# Greek parse line
#
sub _parse_line {

    my($line) = @_;

    $line .= ' ';
    my @piece = ();
    while ($line =~ /
        " ( (?: [^"]   )*  ) " \s+ |
          ( (?: [^"\s] )*  )   \s+
        /oxmsg
    ) {
        push @piece, defined($1) ? $1 : $2;
    }
    return @piece;
}

#
# Greek parse path
#
sub _parse_path {

    my($path,$pathsep) = @_;

    $path .= '/';
    my @subpath = ();
    while ($path =~ /
        ((?: [^\/\\] )+?) [\/\\]
        /oxmsg
    ) {
        push @subpath, $1;
    }

    my $tail = pop @subpath;
    my $head = join $pathsep, @subpath;
    return $head, $tail;
}

#
# via File::HomeDir::Windows 1.00
#
sub my_home_MSWin32 {

    # A lot of unix people and unix-derived tools rely on
    # the ability to overload HOME. We will support it too
    # so that they can replace raw HOME calls with File::HomeDir.
    if (exists $ENV{'HOME'} and $ENV{'HOME'}) {
        return $ENV{'HOME'};
    }

    # Do we have a user profile?
    elsif (exists $ENV{'USERPROFILE'} and $ENV{'USERPROFILE'}) {
        return $ENV{'USERPROFILE'};
    }

    # Some Windows use something like $ENV{'HOME'}
    elsif (exists $ENV{'HOMEDRIVE'} and exists $ENV{'HOMEPATH'} and $ENV{'HOMEDRIVE'} and $ENV{'HOMEPATH'}) {
        return join '', $ENV{'HOMEDRIVE'}, $ENV{'HOMEPATH'};
    }

    return undef;
}

#
# via File::HomeDir::Unix 1.00
#
sub my_home {
    my $home;

    if (exists $ENV{'HOME'} and defined $ENV{'HOME'}) {
        $home = $ENV{'HOME'};
    }

    # This is from the original code, but I'm guessing
    # it means "login directory" and exists on some Unixes.
    elsif (exists $ENV{'LOGDIR'} and $ENV{'LOGDIR'}) {
        $home = $ENV{'LOGDIR'};
    }

    ### More-desperate methods

    # Light desperation on any (Unixish) platform
    else {
        $home = eval q{ (getpwuid($<))[7] };
    }

    # On Unix in general, a non-existant home means "no home"
    # For example, "nobody"-like users might use /nonexistant
    if (defined $home and ! -d($home)) {
        $home = undef;
    }
    return $home;
}

#
# ${^PREMATCH}, $PREMATCH, $` the string preceding what was matched
#
sub Egreek::PREMATCH {
    return $`;
}

#
# ${^MATCH}, $MATCH, $& the string that matched
#
sub Egreek::MATCH {
    return $&;
}

#
# ${^POSTMATCH}, $POSTMATCH, $' the string following what was matched
#
sub Egreek::POSTMATCH {
    return $';
}

#
# Greek character to order (with parameter)
#
sub Greek::ord(;$) {

    local $_ = shift if @_;

    if (/\A ($q_char) /oxms) {
        my @ord = unpack 'C*', $1;
        my $ord = 0;
        while (my $o = shift @ord) {
            $ord = $ord * 0x100 + $o;
        }
        return $ord;
    }
    else {
        return CORE::ord $_;
    }
}

#
# Greek character to order (without parameter)
#
sub Greek::ord_() {

    if (/\A ($q_char) /oxms) {
        my @ord = unpack 'C*', $1;
        my $ord = 0;
        while (my $o = shift @ord) {
            $ord = $ord * 0x100 + $o;
        }
        return $ord;
    }
    else {
        return CORE::ord $_;
    }
}

#
# Greek reverse
#
sub Greek::reverse(@) {

    if (wantarray) {
        return CORE::reverse @_;
    }
    else {

        # One of us once cornered Larry in an elevator and asked him what
        # problem he was solving with this, but he looked as far off into
        # the distance as he could in an elevator and said, "It seemed like
        # a good idea at the time."

        return join '', CORE::reverse(join('',@_) =~ /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg);
    }
}

#
# Greek getc (with parameter, without parameter)
#
sub Greek::getc(;*@) {

    my($package) = caller;
    my $fh = @_ ? qualify_to_ref(shift,$package) : \*STDIN;
    croak 'Too many arguments for Greek::getc' if @_ and not wantarray;

    my @length = sort { $a <=> $b } keys %range_tr;
    my $getc = '';
    for my $length ($length[0] .. $length[-1]) {
        $getc .= CORE::getc($fh);
        if (exists $range_tr{CORE::length($getc)}) {
            if ($getc =~ /\A ${Egreek::dot_s} \z/oxms) {
                return wantarray ? ($getc,@_) : $getc;
            }
        }
    }
    return wantarray ? ($getc,@_) : $getc;
}

#
# Greek length by character
#
sub Greek::length(;$) {

    local $_ = shift if @_;

    local @_ = /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg;
    return scalar @_;
}

#
# Greek substr by character
#
BEGIN {

    # P.232 The lvalue Attribute
    # in Chapter 6: Subroutines
    # of ISBN 0-596-00027-8 Programming Perl Third Edition.

    # P.336 The lvalue Attribute
    # in Chapter 7: Subroutines
    # of ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 Programming Perl 4th Edition.

    # P.144 8.4 Lvalue subroutines
    # in Chapter 8: perlsub: Perl subroutines
    # of ISBN-13: 978-1-906966-02-7 The Perl Language Reference Manual (for Perl version 5.12.1)

    eval sprintf(<<'END', ($] >= 5.014000) ? ':lvalue' : '');
    #                       vv----------------*******
    sub Greek::substr($$;$$) %s {

        my @char = $_[0] =~ /\G ($q_char) /oxmsg;

        # If the substring is beyond either end of the string, substr() returns the undefined
        # value and produces a warning. When used as an lvalue, specifying a substring that
        # is entirely outside the string raises an exception.
        # http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/substr.html

        # A return with no argument returns the scalar value undef in scalar context,
        # an empty list () in list context, and (naturally) nothing at all in void
        # context.

        my $offset = $_[1];
        if (($offset > scalar(@char)) or ($offset < (-1 * scalar(@char)))) {
            return;
        }

        # substr($string,$offset,$length,$replacement)
        if (@_ == 4) {
            my(undef,undef,$length,$replacement) = @_;
            my $substr = join '', splice(@char, $offset, $length, $replacement);
            $_[0] = join '', @char;

            # return $substr; this doesn't work, don't say "return"
            $substr;
        }

        # substr($string,$offset,$length)
        elsif (@_ == 3) {
            my(undef,undef,$length) = @_;
            my $octet_offset = 0;
            my $octet_length = 0;
            if ($offset == 0) {
                $octet_offset = 0;
            }
            elsif ($offset > 0) {
                $octet_offset =      CORE::length(join '', @char[0..$offset-1]);
            }
            else {
                $octet_offset = -1 * CORE::length(join '', @char[$#char+$offset+1..$#char]);
            }
            if ($length == 0) {
                $octet_length = 0;
            }
            elsif ($length > 0) {
                $octet_length =      CORE::length(join '', @char[$offset..$offset+$length-1]);
            }
            else {
                $octet_length = -1 * CORE::length(join '', @char[$#char+$length+1..$#char]);
            }
            CORE::substr($_[0], $octet_offset, $octet_length);
        }

        # substr($string,$offset)
        else {
            my $octet_offset = 0;
            if ($offset == 0) {
                $octet_offset = 0;
            }
            elsif ($offset > 0) {
                $octet_offset =      CORE::length(join '', @char[0..$offset-1]);
            }
            else {
                $octet_offset = -1 * CORE::length(join '', @char[$#char+$offset+1..$#char]);
            }
            CORE::substr($_[0], $octet_offset);
        }
    }
END
}

#
# Greek index by character
#
sub Greek::index($$;$) {

    my $index;
    if (@_ == 3) {
        $index = Egreek::index($_[0], $_[1], CORE::length(Greek::substr($_[0], 0, $_[2])));
    }
    else {
        $index = Egreek::index($_[0], $_[1]);
    }

    if ($index == -1) {
        return -1;
    }
    else {
        return Greek::length(CORE::substr $_[0], 0, $index);
    }
}

#
# Greek rindex by character
#
sub Greek::rindex($$;$) {

    my $rindex;
    if (@_ == 3) {
        $rindex = Egreek::rindex($_[0], $_[1], CORE::length(Greek::substr($_[0], 0, $_[2])));
    }
    else {
        $rindex = Egreek::rindex($_[0], $_[1]);
    }

    if ($rindex == -1) {
        return -1;
    }
    else {
        return Greek::length(CORE::substr $_[0], 0, $rindex);
    }
}

#
# instead of Carp::carp
#
sub carp {
    my($package,$filename,$line) = caller(1);
    print STDERR "@_ at $filename line $line.\n";
}

#
# instead of Carp::croak
#
sub croak {
    my($package,$filename,$line) = caller(1);
    print STDERR "@_ at $filename line $line.\n";
    die "\n";
}

#
# instead of Carp::cluck
#
sub cluck {
    my $i = 0;
    my @cluck = ();
    while (my($package,$filename,$line,$subroutine) = caller($i)) {
        push @cluck, "[$i] $filename($line) $package::$subroutine\n";
        $i++;
    }
    print STDERR CORE::reverse @cluck;
    print STDERR "\n";
    carp @_;
}

#
# instead of Carp::confess
#
sub confess {
    my $i = 0;
    my @confess = ();
    while (my($package,$filename,$line,$subroutine) = caller($i)) {
        push @confess, "[$i] $filename($line) $package::$subroutine\n";
        $i++;
    }
    print STDERR CORE::reverse @confess;
    print STDERR "\n";
    croak @_;
}

1;

__END__

=pod

=head1 NAME

Egreek - Run-time routines for Greek.pm

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use Egreek;

    Egreek::split(...);
    Egreek::tr(...);
    Egreek::chop(...);
    Egreek::index(...);
    Egreek::rindex(...);
    Egreek::lc(...);
    Egreek::lc_;
    Egreek::lcfirst(...);
    Egreek::lcfirst_;
    Egreek::uc(...);
    Egreek::uc_;
    Egreek::ucfirst(...);
    Egreek::ucfirst_;
    Egreek::fc(...);
    Egreek::fc_;
    Egreek::ignorecase(...);
    Egreek::capture(...);
    Egreek::chr(...);
    Egreek::chr_;
    Egreek::glob(...);
    Egreek::glob_;

  # "no Egreek;" not supported

=head1 ABSTRACT

This module is a run-time routines of the Greek.pm.
Because the Greek.pm automatically uses this module, you need not use directly.

=head1 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

I have tested and verified this software using the best of my ability.
However, a software containing much regular expression is bound to contain
some bugs. Thus, if you happen to find a bug that's in Greek software and not
your own program, you can try to reduce it to a minimal test case and then
report it to the following author's address. If you have an idea that could
make this a more useful tool, please let everyone share it.

=head1 HISTORY

This Egreek module first appeared in ActivePerl Build 522 Built under
MSWin32 Compiled at Nov 2 1999 09:52:28

=head1 AUTHOR

INABA Hitoshi E<lt>ina@cpan.orgE<gt>

This project was originated by INABA Hitoshi.
For any questions, use E<lt>ina@cpan.orgE<gt> so we can share
this file.

=head1 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See L<perlartistic>.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

=head1 EXAMPLES

=over 2

=item Split string

  @split = Egreek::split(/pattern/,$string,$limit);
  @split = Egreek::split(/pattern/,$string);
  @split = Egreek::split(/pattern/);
  @split = Egreek::split('',$string,$limit);
  @split = Egreek::split('',$string);
  @split = Egreek::split('');
  @split = Egreek::split();
  @split = Egreek::split;

  This subroutine scans a string given by $string for separators, and splits the
  string into a list of substring, returning the resulting list value in list
  context or the count of substring in scalar context. Scalar context also causes
  split to write its result to @_, but this usage is deprecated. The separators
  are determined by repeated pattern matching, using the regular expression given
  in /pattern/, so the separators may be of any size and need not be the same
  string on every match. (The separators are not ordinarily returned; exceptions
  are discussed later in this section.) If the /pattern/ doesn't match the string
  at all, Egreek::split returns the original string as a single substring, If it
  matches once, you get two substrings, and so on. You may supply regular
  expression modifiers to the /pattern/, like /pattern/i, /pattern/x, etc. The
  //m modifier is assumed when you split on the pattern /^/.

  If $limit is specified and positive, the subroutine splits into no more than that
  many fields (though it may split into fewer if it runs out of separators). If
  $limit is negative, it is treated as if an arbitrarily large $limit has been
  specified If $limit is omitted or zero, trailing null fields are stripped from
  the result (which potential users of pop would do wel to remember). If $string
  is omitted, the subroutine splits the $_ string. If /pattern/ is also omitted or
  is the literal space, " ", the subroutine split on whitespace, /\s+/, after
  skipping any leading whitespace.

  A /pattern/ of /^/ is secretly treated if it it were /^/m, since it isn't much
  use otherwise.

  String of any length can be split:

  @chars  = Egreek::split(//,  $word);
  @fields = Egreek::split(/:/, $line);
  @words  = Egreek::split(" ", $paragraph);
  @lines  = Egreek::split(/^/, $buffer);

  A pattern capable of matching either the null string or something longer than
  the null string (for instance, a pattern consisting of any single character
  modified by a * or ?) will split the value of $string into separate characters
  wherever it matches the null string between characters; nonnull matches will
  skip over the matched separator characters in the usual fashion. (In other words,
  a pattern won't match in one spot more than once, even if it matched with a zero
  width.) For example:

  print join(":" => Egreek::split(/ */, "hi there"));

  produces the output "h:i:t:h:e:r:e". The space disappers because it matches
  as part of the separator. As a trivial case, the null pattern // simply splits
  into separate characters, and spaces do not disappear. (For normal pattern
  matches, a // pattern would repeat the last successfully matched pattern, but
  Egreek::split's pattern is exempt from that wrinkle.)

  The $limit parameter splits only part of a string:

  my ($login, $passwd, $remainder) = Egreek::split(/:/, $_, 3);

  We encourage you to split to lists of names like this to make your code
  self-documenting. (For purposes of error checking, note that $remainder would
  be undefined if there were fewer than three fields.) When assigning to a list,
  if $limit is omitted, Perl supplies a $limit one larger than the number of
  variables in the list, to avoid unneccessary work. For the split above, $limit
  would have been 4 by default, and $remainder would have received only the third
  field, not all the rest of the fields. In time-critical applications, it behooves
  you not to split into more fields than you really need. (The trouble with
  powerful languages it that they let you be powerfully stupid at times.)

  We said earlier that the separators are not returned, but if the /pattern/
  contains parentheses, then the substring matched by each pair of parentheses is
  included in the resulting list, interspersed with the fields that are ordinarily
  returned. Here's a simple example:

  Egreek::split(/([-,])/, "1-10,20");

  which produces the list value:

  (1, "-", 10, ",", 20)

  With more parentheses, a field is returned for each pair, even if some pairs
  don't match, in which case undefined values are returned in those positions. So
  if you say:

  Egreek::split(/(-)|(,)/, "1-10,20");

  you get the value:

  (1, "-", undef, 10, undef, ",", 20)

  The /pattern/ argument may be replaced with an expression to specify patterns
  that vary at runtime. As with ordinary patterns, to do run-time compilation only
  once, use /$variable/o.

  As a special case, if the expression is a single space (" "), the subroutine
  splits on whitespace just as Egreek::split with no arguments does. Thus,
  Egreek::split(" ") can be used to emulate awk's default behavior. In contrast,
  Egreek::split(/ /) will give you as many null initial fields as there are
  leading spaces. (Other than this special case, if you supply a string instead
  of a regular expression, it'll be interpreted as a regular expression anyway.)
  You can use this property to remove leading and trailing whitespace from a
  string and to collapse intervaning stretches of whitespace into a single
  space:

  $string = join(" ", Egreek::split(" ", $string));

  The following example splits an RFC822 message header into a hash containing
  $head{'Date'}, $head{'Subject'}, and so on. It uses the trick of assigning a
  list of pairs to a hash, because separators altinate with separated fields, It
  users parentheses to return part of each separator as part of the returned list
  value. Since the split pattern is guaranteed to return things in pairs by virtue
  of containing one set of parentheses, the hash assignment is guaranteed to
  receive a list consisting of key/value pairs, where each key is the name of a
  header field. (Unfortunately, this technique loses information for multiple lines
  with the same key field, such as Received-By lines. Ah well)

  $header =~ s/\n\s+/ /g; # Merge continuation lines.
  %head = ("FRONTSTUFF", Egreek::split(/^(\S*?):\s*/m, $header));

  The following example processes the entries in a Unix passwd(5) file. You could
  leave out the chomp, in which case $shell would have a newline on the end of it.

  open(PASSWD, "/etc/passwd");
  while (<PASSWD>) {
      chomp; # remove trailing newline.
      ($login, $passwd, $uid, $gid, $gcos, $home, $shell) =
          Egreek::split(/:/);
      ...
  }

  Here's how process each word of each line of each file of input to create a
  word-frequency hash.

  while (<>) {
      for my $word (Egreek::split()) {
          $count{$word}++;
      }
  }

  The inverse of Egreek::split is join, except that join can only join with the
  same separator between all fields. To break apart a string with fixed-position
  fields, use unpack.

  Processing long $string (over 32766 octets) requires Perl 5.010001 or later.

=item Transliteration

  $tr = Egreek::tr($variable,$bind_operator,$searchlist,$replacementlist,$modifier);
  $tr = Egreek::tr($variable,$bind_operator,$searchlist,$replacementlist);

  This is the transliteration (sometimes erroneously called translation) operator,
  which is like the y/// operator in the Unix sed program, only better, in
  everybody's humble opinion.

  This subroutine scans a Greek string character by character and replaces all
  occurrences of the characters found in $searchlist with the corresponding character
  in $replacementlist. It returns the number of characters replaced or deleted.
  If no Greek string is specified via =~ operator, the $_ variable is translated.
  $modifier are:

  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Modifier   Meaning
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  c          Complement $searchlist.
  d          Delete found but unreplaced characters.
  s          Squash duplicate replaced characters.
  r          Return transliteration and leave the original string untouched.
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

  To use with a read-only value without raising an exception, use the /r modifier.

  print Egreek::tr('bookkeeper','=~','boep','peob','r'); # prints 'peekkoobor'

=item Chop string

  $chop = Egreek::chop(@list);
  $chop = Egreek::chop();
  $chop = Egreek::chop;

  This subroutine chops off the last character of a string variable and returns the
  character chopped. The Egreek::chop subroutine is used primary to remove the newline
  from the end of an input recoed, and it is more efficient than using a
  substitution. If that's all you're doing, then it would be safer to use chomp,
  since Egreek::chop always shortens the string no matter what's there, and chomp
  is more selective. If no argument is given, the subroutine chops the $_ variable.

  You cannot Egreek::chop a literal, only a variable. If you Egreek::chop a list of
  variables, each string in the list is chopped:

  @lines = `cat myfile`;
  Egreek::chop(@lines);

  You can Egreek::chop anything that is an lvalue, including an assignment:

  Egreek::chop($cwd = `pwd`);
  Egreek::chop($answer = <STDIN>);

  This is different from:

  $answer = Egreek::chop($tmp = <STDIN>); # WRONG

  which puts a newline into $answer because Egreek::chop returns the character
  chopped, not the remaining string (which is in $tmp). One way to get the result
  intended here is with substr:

  $answer = substr <STDIN>, 0, -1;

  But this is more commonly written as:

  Egreek::chop($answer = <STDIN>);

  In the most general case, Egreek::chop can be expressed using substr:

  $last_code = Egreek::chop($var);
  $last_code = substr($var, -1, 1, ""); # same thing

  Once you understand this equivalence, you can use it to do bigger chops. To
  Egreek::chop more than one character, use substr as an lvalue, assigning a null
  string. The following removes the last five characters of $caravan:

  substr($caravan, -5) = '';

  The negative subscript causes substr to count from the end of the string instead
  of the beginning. To save the removed characters, you could use the four-argument
  form of substr, creating something of a quintuple Egreek::chop;

  $tail = substr($caravan, -5, 5, '');

  This is all dangerous business dealing with characters instead of graphemes. Perl
  doesn't really have a grapheme mode, so you have to deal with them yourself.

=item Index string

  $byte_pos = Egreek::index($string,$substr,$byte_offset);
  $byte_pos = Egreek::index($string,$substr);

  This subroutine searches for one string within another. It returns the byte position
  of the first occurrence of $substring in $string. The $byte_offset, if specified,
  says how many bytes from the start to skip before beginning to look. Positions are
  based at 0. If the substring is not found, the subroutine returns one less than the
  base, ordinarily -1. To work your way through a string, you might say:

  $byte_pos = -1;
  while (($byte_pos = Egreek::index($string, $lookfor, $byte_pos)) > -1) {
      print "Found at $byte_pos\n";
      $byte_pos++;
  }

=item Reverse index string

  $byte_pos = Egreek::rindex($string,$substr,$byte_offset);
  $byte_pos = Egreek::rindex($string,$substr);

  This subroutine works just like Egreek::index except that it returns the byte
  position of the last occurrence of $substring in $string (a reverse Egreek::index).
  The subroutine returns -1 if $substring is not found. $byte_offset, if specified,
  is the rightmost byte position that may be returned. To work your way through a
  string backward, say:

  $byte_pos = length($string);
  while (($byte_pos = Greek::rindex($string, $lookfor, $byte_pos)) >= 0) {
      print "Found at $byte_pos\n";
      $byte_pos--;
  }

=item Lower case string

  $lc = Egreek::lc($string);
  $lc = Egreek::lc_;

  This subroutine returns a lowercased version of Greek $string (or $_, if
  $string is omitted). This is the internal subroutine implementing the \L escape
  in double-quoted strings.

  You can use the Egreek::fc subroutine for case-insensitive comparisons via Greek
  software.

=item Lower case first character of string

  $lcfirst = Egreek::lcfirst($string);
  $lcfirst = Egreek::lcfirst_;

  This subroutine returns a version of Greek $string with the first character
  lowercased (or $_, if $string is omitted). This is the internal subroutine
  implementing the \l escape in double-quoted strings.

=item Upper case string

  $uc = Egreek::uc($string);
  $uc = Egreek::uc_;

  This subroutine returns an uppercased version of Greek $string (or $_, if
  $string is omitted). This is the internal subroutine implementing the \U escape
  in interpolated strings. For titlecase, use Egreek::ucfirst instead.

  You can use the Egreek::fc subroutine for case-insensitive comparisons via Greek
  software.

=item Upper case first character of string

  $ucfirst = Egreek::ucfirst($string);
  $ucfirst = Egreek::ucfirst_;

  This subroutine returns a version of Greek $string with the first character
  titlecased and other characters left alone (or $_, if $string is omitted).
  Titlecase is "Camel" for an initial capital that has (or expects to have)
  lowercase characters following it, not uppercase ones. Exsamples are the first
  letter of a sentence, of a person's name, of a newspaper headline, or of most
  words in a title. Characters with no titlecase mapping return the uppercase
  mapping instead. This is the internal subroutine implementing the \u escape in
  double-quoted strings.

  To capitalize a string by mapping its first character to titlecase and the rest
  to lowercase, use:

  $titlecase = Egreek::ucfirst(substr($word,0,1)) . Egreek::lc(substr($word,1));

  or

  $string =~ s/(\w)(\w*)/\u$1\L$2/g;

  Do not use:

  $do_not_use = Egreek::ucfirst(Egreek::lc($word));

  or "\u\L$word", because that can produce a different and incorrect answer with
  certain characters. The titlecase of something that's been lowercased doesn't
  always produce the same thing titlecasing the original produces.

  Because titlecasing only makes sense at the start of a string that's followed
  by lowercase characters, we can't think of any reason you might want to titlecase
  every character in a string.

  See also P.287 A Case of Mistaken Identity
  in Chapter 6: Unicode
  of ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 Programming Perl 4th Edition.

=item Fold case string

  P.860 fc
  in Chapter 27: Functions
  of ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 Programming Perl 4th Edition.

  $fc = Egreek::fc($string);
  $fc = Egreek::fc_;

  New to Greek software, this subroutine returns the full Unicode-like casefold of
  Greek $string (or $_, if omitted). This is the internal subroutine implementing
  the \F escape in double-quoted strings.

  Just as title-case is based on uppercase but different, foldcase is based on
  lowercase but different. In ASCII there is a one-to-one mapping between only
  two cases, but in other encoding there is a one-to-many mapping and between three
  cases. Because that's too many combinations to check manually each time, a fourth
  casemap called foldcase was invented as a common intermediary for the other three.
  It is not a case itself, but it is a casemap.

  To compare whether two strings are the same without regard to case, do this:

  Egreek::fc($a) eq Egreek::fc($b)

  The reliable way to compare string case-insensitively was with the /i pattern
  modifier, because Greek software has always used casefolding semantics for
  case-insensitive pattern matches. Knowing this, you can emulate equality
  comparisons like this:

  sub fc_eq ($$) {
      my($a,$b) = @_;
      return $a =~ /\A\Q$b\E\z/i;
  }

=item Make ignore case string

  @ignorecase = Egreek::ignorecase(@string);

  This subroutine is internal use to m/ /i, s/ / /i, split / /i, and qr/ /i.

=item Make capture number

  $capturenumber = Egreek::capture($string);

  This subroutine is internal use to m/ /, s/ / /, split / /, and qr/ /.

=item Make character

  $chr = Egreek::chr($code);
  $chr = Egreek::chr_;

  This subroutine returns a programmer-visible character, character represented by
  that $code in the character set. For example, Egreek::chr(65) is "A" in either
  ASCII or Greek, not Unicode. For the reverse of Egreek::chr, use Greek::ord.

=item Filename expansion (globbing)

  @glob = Egreek::glob($string);
  @glob = Egreek::glob_;

  This subroutine returns the value of $string with filename expansions the way a
  DOS-like shell would expand them, returning the next successive name on each
  call. If $string is omitted, $_ is globbed instead. This is the internal
  subroutine implementing the <*> and glob operator.
  This subroutine function when the pathname ends with chr(0x5C) on MSWin32.

  For ease of use, the algorithm matches the DOS-like shell's style of expansion,
  not the UNIX-like shell's. An asterisk ("*") matches any sequence of any
  character (including none). A question mark ("?") matches any one character or
  none. A tilde ("~") expands to a home directory, as in "~/.*rc" for all the
  current user's "rc" files, or "~jane/Mail/*" for all of Jane's mail files.

  Note that all path components are case-insensitive, and that backslashes and
  forward slashes are both accepted, and preserved. You may have to double the
  backslashes if you are putting them in literally, due to double-quotish parsing
  of the pattern by perl.

  The Egreek::glob subroutine grandfathers the use of whitespace to separate multiple
  patterns such as <*.c *.h>. If you want to glob filenames that might contain
  whitespace, you'll have to use extra quotes around the spacy filename to protect
  it. For example, to glob filenames that have an "e" followed by a space followed
  by an "f", use either of:

  @spacies = <"*e f*">;
  @spacies = Egreek::glob('"*e f*"');
  @spacies = Egreek::glob(q("*e f*"));

  If you had to get a variable through, you could do this:

  @spacies = Egreek::glob("'*${var}e f*'");
  @spacies = Egreek::glob(qq("*${var}e f*"));

  Another way on MSWin32

  # relative path
  @relpath_file = split(/\n/,`dir /b wildcard\\here*.txt 2>NUL`);

  # absolute path
  @abspath_file = split(/\n/,`dir /s /b wildcard\\here*.txt 2>NUL`);

  # on COMMAND.COM
  @relpath_file = split(/\n/,`dir /b wildcard\\here*.txt`);
  @abspath_file = split(/\n/,`dir /s /b wildcard\\here*.txt`);

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