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cygwin/regex is non-POSIX
- From: Sam Steingold <sds at gnu dot org>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:14:57 -0500
- Subject: cygwin/regex is non-POSIX
- Organization: disorganization
- Reply-to: sds at gnu dot org
the cygwin regex is not POSIX.
backrefs are not available by default (apparently you need REG_BACKR for
that), "(a|)*" cannot be compiled because of "empty (sub)expression",
&c &c.
any plans to fix this? (e.g., by replacing it with gnu regex?)
thanks.
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