On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 02:40:52AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > Justin, > > I'm inclined to take this page, after fixing aa few small things. > > A few comments: > > > \fIresponse\fP should be a \fBNULL\fP-terminated string containing a > > Please: "null terminated" (NULL and '\0' are NOT the same thing.) Good point; I still like the hyphen, though.
> > .SH BUGS > > The \fBrpmatch\fP() implementation looks at only the first character > > of \fIresponse\fP. As a consequence, "nyes" returns 0, and the > > following all return 1: > > .RS > > .sp > > \*(lqyno, never; not in a million years\*(rq > > .br > > .TP > > \*(lqyover my dead body\*(rq > > .br > > .TP > > \*(lqywhenever hell freezes over\*(rq > > .sp > > .RE > > My humour filter is hesitating over this for a moment... :) puleeaaase???? ... edit at will. > > It would be preferrable to accept parse input strings much more > > strictly, for example: \fBm/^y(es?)$/i\fP and \fBm/^n(o?)$/i\fP. > > What is the notation "m/^y(es?)$/i" -- why not just "/^y(es?)$/". The /i has meaning, since "YES" is accepted; I don't much care about the leading "m" though. > Any suggestions about other pages whose SEE ALSO should mention this > page? Not really ... I'll have to think about it. Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
