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Re: expect module

Tom Tromey wrote:
> 
> Second, I don't understand the usage of `$' in regular expressions
> here.  Or, rather, I think I understand it, but I don't like it.  The
> manual implies that $ will match newlines.  In reality it matches the
> end of any string -- rendering it useless for my purposes.

What's wrong with putting `\n' in the regexp if you want to match newlines?

I think it is more natural generally for `$' to match end-of-string,
as there are other ways to match newlines, and it is useful to match
end-of-string on strings that contain newlines.

 - Maciej