I like the idea. I've run into this problem before. The library I've been most familiar with is re2 <https://code.google.com/p/re2/> for C++, but a popular Java version would be great.
On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 1/31/15 8:58 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: > > So, once upon a time, there was a regex library here. It was retired, > > presumably on the grounds that it was rendered obsolete by the JRE's > > native support. > > > > However, the JRE's regular expressions have a pretty severe problem; > > they have unbounded (or at least, very, very, bad) execution time for > > some combinations of data and regex. > > > > To cope with this, we ported the Henry Spencer regular expression > > library (as found in TCL) from C to Java. > > > > Thus: https://github.com/basis-technology-corp/tcl-regex-java > > > > Is anyone interested in this? Give or take the possible IP muddle of > > the original C Code, I could grant it easily. > > Anyone know the probability that JDK lameness gets addressed "soon?" > > If the answer is anything other than "in progress" I would see this > as a good idea and Commons is a good place for it. You can start in > the sandbox any time you want and see if others wander by to join. > Normal Incubator IP clearance rules apply; but other than that, its > JFDI. > > Phil > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- about.me/benmccann
