From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: prior work on non-backtracking regex engine? Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:23:11 +0300 Message-ID: <86sezwx7ao.fsf@gnu.org> References: <3a9IKoS2YLqJYosdfpFVdq8ashG0LPPJdB-ugdUgJEqM6-O3RWFeCu01FUPYBsp87xchkX-z1PRlNqJQm8ge_h3v0ziCWcME2fx-6PW-UP4=@hypnicjerk.ai> <87il1qw9i9.fsf@localhost> <8eHWNAHASGpm2Qhs7mldB0VTdFaRW0NZJWi9ppNiCPZQ-QO8E7YLUXzJfT7LXYe1mTnwFGACouy7YroB8qsCFDbRuWYHr2gvOTagQY3TW7w=@hypnicjerk.ai> <87zfu43qf8.fsf@yahoo.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29034"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: dmcc2@hypnicjerk.ai, yantar92@posteo.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Po Lu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 08 16:24:03 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rtpui-0007Ey-FX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 08 Apr 2024 16:24:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rtpu3-00057m-HL; Mon, 08 Apr 2024 10:23:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rtpu0-00057d-U6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Apr 2024 10:23:16 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rtpty-000449-Ri; Mon, 08 Apr 2024 10:23:15 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=J5OWdVeH3/P1hi/SXwu0mILMeheKZeCh/gB4aD2wW/Q=; b=IVJGvuC2SyVI UtaBMmB0bq1SRp3zChPcZ4aNvpVuQgropr0L88iT7RXUFhtfs80tmC0pdJqy9yKSTOm3EIcmZj9Ex 4JTZIlgyieX0pebdT/UdiVRDtxzrQcJ3qBvWgAWe93xRdv2eSCucrRVxV8hKavtuqU+hhkT1Uxby2 QJv7TkuWzw95gjRK49FtAsKsPNZo+5Np1gggNPQi8Ajv7Oe17qky2Y6FnjTtQOndvhYUUuXGvUCXu Q6AynJY5CD7YEa4c675fkXHtQ51njgt0/qDidprvycam402C84BeerVdkQCB+mmj34aqlfLSUfVhZ wVX+oz77BWe6NQH5y3xGaQ==; In-Reply-To: <87zfu43qf8.fsf@yahoo.com> (message from Po Lu on Mon, 08 Apr 2024 22:00:27 +0800) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:317608 Archived-At: > From: Po Lu > Cc: Ihor Radchenko , "emacs-devel@gnu.org" > > Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 22:00:27 +0800 > > I hate to rain on people's parades, but from where I stand, introducing > one more mandatory dependency, not least a dependency for so fundamental > a component of Emacs as the regexp matcher, is not acceptable, even if > this library is maintained under the auspices of the GNU project or > under the GPL, license or stewardship being really immaterial issues. If it's an optional dependency, I don't see why not. Of course, an optional dependency will have to either be 110% compatible with what we have now, or expose a separate and distinct API to Lisp programs. Which makes this project a larger undertaking. But otherwise, I don't see why not.