> 5.7 Reading parameter fields in a context
> ...Question 2:
> In fact, do we really need these ‘get’ functions at all? An application can easily remem-
> ber what it has set in a context if it needs to.
Providing "get" functions may be helpful, in case the application is using multiple contexts, or setting/getting parameters in different modules. It seems cleaner than each application using its own unique storage method to duplicate the parameters. Even if an application does store the parameters separately, "get" functions may be useful for reality checks when debugging.
Tom
On Aug 27, 2013, at 8:16 AM, ph10@??? wrote:
> A small group of developers have been discussing a proposal for a
> completely new API for PCRE. The old API has been more-or-less
> compatibly extended for over 15 years, but has now reached a point where
> what needs to be changed cannot be done compatibly, so it seems like a
> good time for a complete overhaul.
>
> The current proposal is available as a PDF here:
>
> ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/Testing/PCRE2_proposal.pdf
>
> The ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk site is being moved to new hardware, and may
> suffer from temporary outages in the process. For this reason, I have
> put another copy of the document here:
>
> http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/ph10/PCRE2_proposal.pdf
>
> This is still just a proposal. It is not yet fixed; indeed there are
> some questions in the document about alternative ways of doing things.
> All comments and suggestions on this proposal are welcomed. Please post
> them to the list so that everybody can join in the discussion. There is
> no great hurry, but we do want to keep the process moving.
>
> The (rough) development plan is to release 8.34 fairly soon, with all
> the most recent fixes, and at that point to freeze development of the
> 8.xx releases and start work on 9.0 with the new API. This is likely to
> take quite a few months, as we plan to tidy the code as much as possible
> as well as changing the API. Only very serious bugs in 8.34 will be
> considered for fixing - my hope is that there will not be any. :-)
>
> Philip
>
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