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[PATCH] grep: a kwset matcher not work in a grep matcher

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From: arnold <at> skeeve.com
To: jim <at> meyering.net, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, arnold <at> skeeve.com
Cc: 34951 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org, noritnk <at> kcn.ne.jp
Subject: bug#34951: [PATCH] grep: a kwset matcher not work in a grep matcher
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 03:12:11 -0700

Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> On 12/15/19 12:14 AM, arnold <at> skeeve.com wrote:
>
> > int64_t is just as standard as ptrdiff_t and just as clear.
>
> Actually, int64_t is optional (as even C18 and POSIX-2018 do not require it),
> whereas ptrdiff_t has been required since C89. More importantly, int64_t would
> be overkill on 32-bit GNU/Linux, whereas ptrdiff_t suffices and is typically
> more efficient.
>
> (Besides, what would we do if 72-bit pointers came back into vogue? :-)

Fine.

What about

	typedef ptrdiff_t dfa_size_t

?

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