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unicode characters are not identified as such for \w and \b with -P

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Carlo Arenas <carenas <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#60618: closed (Re: bug#60618: unicode characters are not
 identified as such for \w and \b with -P)
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2023 02:30:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#60618: unicode characters are not identified as such for \w and \b with -P

which was filed against the grep package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 60618 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Carlo Arenas <carenas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 60618-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60618: unicode characters are not identified as such for \w
 and \b with -P
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2023 18:28:49 -0800

On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 11:37 PM Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 11:28 PM Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 7:49 PM Carlo Arenas <carenas <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Reported to PCRE[1] with mention of GNU grep being also affected.
> > >
> > > [1] https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/issues/185
> >
> > Yikes. This is a big deal.
> > Thank you for the patch and added test.

I've also added the new names to THANKS.in and pushed this:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/commit/?id=5e3b760f65f13856e5717e5b9d935f5b4a615be3

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From: Carlo Arenas <carenas <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: unicode characters are not identified as such for \w and \b with -P
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 19:48:01 -0800

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Reported to PCRE[1] with mention of GNU grep being also affected.

[1] https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/issues/185

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