Re: Patch for lookaround assertion in regexp

[Tom]

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> 
> OTOH, noone has submitted code to replace the current regexp engine, and
> I don't forsee I'll have the time to write it myself, so maybe I should
> just give up on this plan.
> 

Why not use simply PCRE with a bridge layer which translates from emacs
regexp format to PCRE? AFAIK the emacs regexes are more or less a subset
of PCRE, so the translation shouldn't be very difficult.

Why reinvent the wheel when PCRE is already there?