Re: regex.c simplification

[Perry E. Metzger]

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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