Re: regex.c simplification

[Robert Pluim]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 14:58:56 -0400
>> From: "Perry E. Metzger" <address@hidden>
>> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
>> 
>> 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.
>
> Yes, but the reason to keep the code not needed by Emacs is not
> because someone outside of Emacs will want it.  It's because we
> ourselves use it in etags.
>

We could switch to external etags, and remove our copy. Iʼm assuming
there are differences between the two implementations, but I donʼt
know exactly what they are.

Robert