GNU bug report logs - #64128
regexp parser zero-width assertion bugs

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 64128 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64128: regexp parser zero-width assertion bugs
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 23:08:38 -0700

On 2023-06-20 04:36, Mattias Engdegård wrote:

> Sounds fine, with the option to go full error on group B if we agree that that's even better.

That would be fine too. I'd even prefer it. In the meantime your patch 
looks good.


> I still think the whole chapter needs a reform from the sheer weight of organic growth over the years. In particular, the division between "regexp special" and "regexp backslash" is purely syntactical, not semantic, and groups things in the wrong way.

Agreed.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.