Re: Suggestion for a vast improvement of sed

[Assaf Gordon]

Hello,

On 2020-11-13 10:42 a.m., n bohn wrote:
> I've  been using sed for years, and yes, it's powerful... but it can be
> better.
> Finding sed's syntax quite complex and unreadable – especially when it
> comes to
> loops and advanced sed'ing, I came up with a solution which not only makes
> sed
> easier to write and maintain, but also a lot faster...
>
> In order to implement this solution in sed, a simple flag would be needed,
> and
> I believe, not much coding.
>
> If you should be interested, I will document this solution properly.

Thank you for your suggestion.

We welcome improvement suggestions and new ideas - and be happy to see
your solution.
However, please bear in mind that there's a fine balance between adding 
more features, keeping in-line with POSIX standardization, and avoiding 
bloat.
So while ideas are welcomed - there is no guarantee they will make it
into GNU sed.

regards,
 - assaf