I will agree with you from the Developer's viewpoint. If for no other reason than it gives an explanation which is generally acceptable: "We use the IBM supplied regexp engine. If you need changes, IBM is the proper venue for discussion." Maintaining the regexp code itself is just not cost effective. And, no matter what is decided, somebody will complain. <like me - grin>
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Packer > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 11:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Regular Expressions (OMVS) > > John Mckown wrote: > > > > I would almost bet that awk and sed both use the C language's regex > > implementation. So I doubt that C (or C++) implements "non greedy" > > regexps. Personally, I like "pcre"s: Perl Compatable Regular > Expressions. > > This is an EXCELLENT example why I advised some developers > the other day > to go with whatever IBM C++ does - in order to avoid getting into > (probably unhelpful to them) debates over which flavour of Regexps to > support. > > Martin Packer, > Mainframe Performance Consultant, zChampion > Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM > > +44-7802-245-584 > > email: [email protected] > > Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker > Blog: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker > > > > > > > Unless stated otherwise above: > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales > with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, > Hampshire PO6 3AU > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
