regular expression problem

[Karsten Hilbert]

> Right, I am not trying to do that. I was, however, worried
> that I need to make the expression not "trip over" fragments
> of what might seem to constitute part of another placeholder.
> 
> 	$<<ph_1::option=$<ph_2::option=3::10>$::15>>$
> 
> Pass 1 might fill in to:
> 
> 	$<<ph_1::option=3 '>s'::15>>$
> 
> and I was worried to make sure the second pass does not stop here:
> 
>   $<<ph_1::option=3 '>s'::15>>$
                       ^

Here, of course.

Karsten
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