[pcre-dev] [Bug 1325] New: New quantifier combining 'possess…

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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1325
           Summary: New quantifier combining 'possessive' and 'lazy'
           Product: PCRE
           Version: N/A
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: low
         Component: Code
        AssignedTo: ph10@???
        ReportedBy: freaker56@???
                CC: pcre-dev@???

After '+' (possessive) and '?' (lazy), a union of the two: '*' (scrooge). It
depends actually in combination with the next token, as a logical 'lazy
possessive' makes no sense, it would result always in the least amount of
characters.

Notation and meaning/alias:
a?*b            (?>a??b)
a**b            (?>a*?b)
a+*b            (?>a+?b)
a{n,m}*b        (?>a{n,m}?b)
a{n,}*b         (?>a{n,}?b)

Thoughts?


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