Re: BUG #13538: REGEX non-greedy is working incorrectly (and also greedy matches fail if non-greedy is present)

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #13538: REGEX non-greedy is working incorrectly (and also greedy matches fail if non-greedy is present)
Date: 2015-08-05 01:26:12
Message-ID: 55C16634.6060408@hogranch.com
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On 8/4/2015 6:20 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> if we'd still get complaints from Perl users that our regex engine is
> broken because it's not bug-compatible with Perl's.

Some wag once said... "Some folks, when faced with a problem, go, 'I
know, I'll use Regular Expressions'. Now they have TWO problems!"

--
john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

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