Re: [pcre-dev] [Mingw-users] pcre

On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 11:21:21AM -0400, Sheri wrote:
> Bob Rossi wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 09:58:37AM -0400, Sheri wrote:
> >
> >> Bob Rossi wrote:
> > Not to trivialize things on your end. But it seems to me that have
> > multiple dll's is a very simple solution, that allows some people to
> > have a small set of the pcre functionality, or a large set. I think it
> > makes sense to do things this way.
> >
> I'm hate to have to tell you this, but the posix api depends entirely on
> the native api.

Yes, I understand. I don't use the posix functionality at all.

> > Why would having multiple dll's make your installation harder? You would
> > only need to pass along a few more dll's, wouldn't you?
> >
> > Bob Rossi
> >
> None of that is under my control. I'm the *user* of regular expressions,
> I (usually) like to be on the bleeding edge with new features (like
> "any" newline).
>
> The exe is written by a third party (not the guy enhancing the regex
> plugin). The exe author supports installing pcre.dll parallel to his
> exe. The application and all its plugins is self contained. Currently
> deleting that removes the application entirely.

Well, I'm assumming there is going to be work on his part anyways, to
get it working with pcre-7.1. I mean, we currently build 3 dll's and the
names are different than what they used to be.

Bob Rossi