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Re: [Grep-devel] [PATCH] grep: simplify recent kwset change
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Jim Meyering |
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Re: [Grep-devel] [PATCH] grep: simplify recent kwset change |
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Tue, 24 Jan 2017 07:32:39 -0800 |
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 7:16 AM, Norihiro Tanaka <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 19:37:08 -0800
> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> However, both before and after your change, the following still prints
>> the shorter match:
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>> $ echo abcdef|LC_ALL=C grep -Fof <(printf '%s\n' ab bcde)
>> ab
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>> It should print "bcde".
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> No. It should match most left. i.e. "ab" is expected.
Indeed. I see that is due to the leftmost-longest rule.
So there is no problem.