Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 938d252 4/4: Make regex matching reentrant; update syntax during match

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> "PE" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

PE> If we're going to go to that much work, why not use glibc regex? It uses a
PE> DFA and falls back on backtracking only when needed. Although glibc regex
PE> isn't maintained that well, it's at least maintained, which TRE is not.
PE> And it does have some advantages: it has an API that is like Emacs
PE> src/regex.c, and it won't have any licensing issues. Its main disadvantage
PE> (it doesn't support split buffers) could be overcome fairly easily, either
PE> by adding support for that back into the library, or arranging for a
PE> single array whenever the regex matcher is called.

If we do find a problem with it, how long will it take before the fix we need
is propagated everywhere it needs to go?

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