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Re: regex.c simplification
From: |
Perry E. Metzger |
Subject: |
Re: regex.c simplification |
Date: |
Sat, 16 Jun 2018 14:58:56 -0400 |
On Sat, 16 Jun 2018 21:29:55 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 14:24:02 -0400
> > From: "Perry E. Metzger" <address@hidden>
> > Cc: "Daniel Colascione" <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> >
> > > So, while I think modernizing our regex code would be a welcome
> > > development, we shouldn't mislead ourselves into thinking that
> > > any other implementation could be a drop-in replacement. Some
> > > work will be needed to add the features we expect.
> > >
> >
> > I was arguing in the opposite direction, that there isn't much
> > point in thinking others will be interested in using the Emacs
> > regex code in the future.
>
> How's that relevant to the issue at hand?
>
The original question was "should we keep the code that isn't needed
by emacs on the premise something else might need it someday." I was
implying that, no, the odds that something else would want it someday
seem low.
Perry
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- Re: regex.c simplification, (continued)
- Re: regex.c simplification, Noam Postavsky, 2018/06/16
- Re: regex.c simplification, Perry E. Metzger, 2018/06/16
- Re: regex.c simplification, Daniel Colascione, 2018/06/16
- Re: regex.c simplification, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/06/16
- Re: regex.c simplification, Perry E. Metzger, 2018/06/16
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