In my last blog post , I looked at using a simple Java application to determine which characters would work as desired for splitting a String with String.split . Topics Spotlight: New Thinking ...

This is a manifestation of the known bug #5050507, which has been in the java.util.regex package since Java 1.4. The bug is here to stay because it has “won’t fix” status.

Better late than never of course, and Sun has jumped into the regex world with both feet. The java.util.regex package is breathtaking in the thoroughness of its implementation and, as always, is ...