Author: Sheri Date: To: pcre-dev Subject: Re: [pcre-dev] 7.7 Release Candidate available
Philip Hazel wrote: > On Mon, 28 Apr 2008, Sheri wrote:
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>> Can you add an internal option for the new javascript compat option,
>> e.g., (*J_COMPAT)? Won't be able to use that otherwise.
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> Why would you want to use it? This was a very special feature that was
> put in for the benefit of applications that want to be JavaScript
> compatible. I am not sure that it is a choice that the creator of a
> regex should/could/would want to make. But, as always, I'm prepared to
> listen to arguments in favour...
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> Philip
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I guess you're right. I thought it was adding some search capabilities
not otherwise available.
