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Re: Another RFC: regex in libiberty
- To: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: Another RFC: regex in libiberty
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at zembu dot com>
- Date: 07 Jun 2001 18:31:08 -0700
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <200106080127.VAA01308@greed.delorie.com>
DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> writes:
> [More lists added to get a wider audience]
>
> I didn't get a clear feeling about what people wanted wrt this. I saw
> three people propose three versions of regex, not much to go on. Is
> this a big deal? Will it really get used by everyone who currently
> has their own regex? Is it important to try to use a BSD-licensed
> regex to minimize future problems?
>
> The two contenders seem to be a modified GNU regex and the
> ever-popular Henry Spencer's regex. Does anyone have any strong
> opinions for either of these, or against any regex in libiberty at
> all?
gdb already ships with gnu-regex.c. Why not just move that to
libiberty?
I can't see any reason for a BSD-licensed regex in libiberty.
libiberty already GPL code.
Ian
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