On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 04:05:13PM -0700, Dave Storrs wrote:
> However, I think that if we're going to write this DFA at all, then the
> user SHOULD have the choice of using it for normal regex matchs, by
> specifying a specific flag (my choice was 'd'). Alternatively, the person
> should be able
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 07:39:33 -0700 (PDT), Dave Storrs wrote:
> The idea of having two different regex "languages" in Perl makes
>me very, very nervous. Potential for confusion
It should.
However, I was talking about two different rgex implementations, not two
different languages. I woul
I'll try to scrap and rewrite the RFC this weekend.
> $/ = qr/[\r\n]/f; # fast ?
How about we use the specialized DFA regex, but also slightly
different notation?
-Hao
On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 07:39:33AM -0700, Dave Storrs wrote:
> The idea of having two different regex "languages" in Perl makes
> me very, very nervous. Potential for confusion
Indeed.
> How about instead we build the DFA as you describe, with its more
> limited syntax, but it must
