[Weechat-dev] [task #9497] Improve regex support for the FILTER command

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                 Summary: Improve regex support for the FILTER command
                 Project: Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat
            Submitted by: stepnem
            Submitted on: Sat 20 Jun 2009 03:01:36 PM GMT
                Category: commands
         Should Start On: Sat 20 Jun 2009 12:00:00 AM GMT
   Should be Finished on: Sat 20 Jun 2009 12:00:00 AM GMT
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
        Percent Complete: 0%
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                IRC nick: stepnem

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Details:

The FILTER command only accepts POSIX BRE (basic regular expressions as in
ed(1), which the POSIX manpage itself calls 'obsolete'), thus not providing
much of the usual matching functionality (e.g. alternatives separated by '|'
etc.). It would be better to switch to ERE (extended POSIX regexes) or PCRE
instead.




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