Re: Future of our regular expression code

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 21:04, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> > One immediate consequence of deciding that we are lead maintainers and
> > not just consumers is that we should put in some regression tests,
> > instead of taking the attitude that the Tcl guys are in charge of that.
> > I have a head cold today and am not firing on enough cylinders to do
> > anything actually complicated, so I was thinking of spending the
> > afternoon transliterating the Tcl regex test cases into SQL as a
> > starting point.
>
> Having just had that brand of virus, I'd skip it and take the time
> off, like I should have.
>
> Translating the test cases is a great way in for a volunteer, so
> please leave a few easy things to get people started on the road to
> maintaining that.
>
>
I would be willing to have a go at translating test cases. I do not (yet)
have the C knowledge to maintain the regex code, though.