Subject: Re: the state of regex(3)
To: Alistair Crooks <agc@pkgsrc.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 09/29/2004 15:03:04
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On Sep 28, 2004, at 2:17 PM, Alistair Crooks wrote:

> If Jason could help me out and tell me exactly what the sticking point
> is, I'd be grateful.

The sticking point is -- If we replace our regex with PCRE, then we can 
never pass a POSIX test suite if it happens to test the incompatible 
feature (which any comprehensive one should).  I think that could be a 
major issue for some users of the system.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>


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