tags 268121 fixed-upstream
thanks,

Justin,

The final version of this page will appear in 2.33.  
Just a few more details to fix.

> > 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.

Agreed -- it was actually just a typo in my email -- the man page
has the hyphen.

> > > .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.

I'll shrink it a little.

> > > 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.

Sorry, I wasn't precise.  What do 'm' and 'i' *mean* here.  And
what man page explains the notation.

> > Any suggestions about other pages whose SEE ALSO should mention this
> > page?
> Not really ... I'll have to think about it.

Okay -- let me know.

Cheers,

Michael

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