From: Tyler Smith <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Regexp engine
Date: 24 May 2007 13:28:39 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnf5b88o.ogu.tyler.smith@blackbart.mynetwork> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1180003765.473878.112970@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com
On 2007-05-24, CloudStrife <santosh.iitm2002@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I would like to know what kind of regexp engine does emacs use whn i
> use C-M-s or C-M-%
> Is it regex-based or text-based. In other words is it DFA/NFA as is
> used by some people
> You can look as this to get more info of what I am trying to ask
> http://www.regular-expressions.info/engine.html
>
Traditional NFA, but some functions behave like a POSIX NFA, ie.
posix-search-forward, posix-search-backward, posix-looking-at,
posix-string-match.
HTH,
Tyler
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2007-05-24 10:49 Regexp engine CloudStrife
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