From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sam Steingold Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: regex.c: emacs & glibc (and xemacs, and grep and ...) Date: 05 Apr 2002 15:27:47 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200204051905.g35J5a618932@aztec.santafe.edu> Reply-To: sds@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1018038644 20628 127.0.0.1 (5 Apr 2002 20:30:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 20:30:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16taM7-0005MV-00 for ; Fri, 05 Apr 2002 22:30:43 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16taZH-00009m-00 for ; Fri, 05 Apr 2002 22:44:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16taLY-0007E1-00; Fri, 05 Apr 2002 15:30:08 -0500 Original-Received: from out016pub.verizon.net ([206.46.170.92] helo=out016.verizon.net) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16taJQ-00071v-00; Fri, 05 Apr 2002 15:27:57 -0500 Original-Received: from gnu.org ([151.203.48.85]) by out016.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20020405202741.CSRX8115.out016.verizon.net@gnu.org>; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 14:27:41 -0600 Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Attribution: Sam X-Disclaimer: You should not expect anyone to agree with me. Mail-Copies-To: never In-Reply-To: <200204051905.g35J5a618932@aztec.santafe.edu> Original-Lines: 25 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:2399 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:2399 > * In message <200204051905.g35J5a618932@aztec.santafe.edu> > * On the subject of "Re: regex.c: emacs & glibc (and xemacs, and grep and ...)" > * Sent on Fri, 5 Apr 2002 12:05:36 -0700 (MST) > * Honorable Richard Stallman writes: > > Finally, GNU CLISP (http://clisp.cons.org) comes with a GNU regex.c of > 1994(!) - which version should we upgrade to? Emacs? GLIBC? GNU grep? > > I wish I knew. The versions diverged due to inattention, > and recently a completely new regex was put into Glibc. > I am told it has major problems. Supposing they are fixed, > you will probably want to use that one in CLISP. Could you please elaborate? What are the problems? When they are expected to be fixed? Why do you recommend it for CLISP (instead of the Emacs's version)? Thanks. -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running RedHat7.2 GNU/Linux Keep Jerusalem united! Read, think and remember! "A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood." -- George S. Patton