From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Perry E. Metzger" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: modern regexes in emacs Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:33:57 -0500 Message-ID: <20190215183357.6e1c8d54@jabberwock.cb.piermont.com> References: <20180616123704.7123f6d7@jabberwock.cb.piermont.com> <87po0qs6re.fsf@gmail.com> <83r2c9m8yj.fsf@gnu.org> <17581DA9-7DCA-432E-A2E8-E5184DFA8B4B@acm.org> <20190215114728.0785e891@jabberwock.cb.piermont.com> <20190215175405.GA5438@ACM> <83lg2gnbky.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="155883"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: mattiase@acm.org, lokedhs@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, philippe.vaucher@gmail.com, jaygkamat@gmail.com, Alan Mackenzie To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 16 00:35:04 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gun0a-000eP9-87 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Feb 2019 00:35:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48779 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gun0Y-0005PJ-VS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:35:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:56706) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gumza-0005OZ-HB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:34:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gumzY-0000Dm-5u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:34:02 -0500 Original-Received: from hacklheber.piermont.com ([166.84.7.14]:56720) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gumzW-0000B6-9l; Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:33:58 -0500 Original-Received: from snark.cb.piermont.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hacklheber.piermont.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5B0CF2; Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:33:57 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from jabberwock.cb.piermont.com (jabberwock.cb.piermont.com [10.160.2.107]) by snark.cb.piermont.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9ADD3C2001; Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:33:57 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <83lg2gnbky.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 166.84.7.14 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:233403 Archived-At: On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:36:13 +0200 Eli Zaretskii wrote: > I proposed to have a separate set of functions that will accept PCRE > syntax. That would allow everyone to have what they want: you to > use the "classic" regexps, and those who want PCRE to have that. > Where's the problem with that? There is no problem. It is the way Emacs has always adapted to the times, and I think it's a great solution. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com