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Re: regex.c simplification
From: |
Robert Pluim |
Subject: |
Re: regex.c simplification |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:36:33 +0200 |
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
- 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
- Re: regex.c simplification, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/06/16
- Re: regex.c simplification, Perry E. Metzger, 2018/06/16
- Re: regex.c simplification, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/06/16
- Re: regex.c simplification,
Robert Pluim <=