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Re: [Nano-devel] can we use REG_STARTEND?
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Benno Schulenberg |
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Re: [Nano-devel] can we use REG_STARTEND? |
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Wed, 18 Jan 2017 17:27:30 +0100 |
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017, at 11:21, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On 15 Jan 2017 19:59, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> > In order to fix a bug with searching for regexes that contain
> > boundary markers, I have had to resort to using REG_STARTEND.
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> unfortunately, that flag is not in POSIX:
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/regcomp.html
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> which means, imo, we can use it if it's defined, but we can't hard require it.
> at least as long as we aren't relying on gnulib ...
Okay, then we have a compelling reason to start using gnulib. :)
Because I don't know how to fix the bug without using REG_STARTEND.
Benno
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