something wrong w/ ereg() ?

Are people here aware of specifics for implementation of all ereg~() functions? It seemed, they didn't work for relatively complex comparisons (with long strings) at least on Windows95. Some of thier calls complain about about reg_expressions, like "?" qualifiers, etc, some expressions - are not interpreted, as intended, and for some - script even goes into stall without warning (never returns from it nor crash!) When I replace ereg~() with matching preg~() everything works, as designed. I now even replace ereg~() for simple calls, where it works, just in case. Anybody has the same experience? -- LeoN to e-mail: cut "auto_no." if present. (.±.) to think - is to speak quietly, to speak - is to think aloud \~/ My posted articles archive: http://leo.portland.co.uk/doc00.htm