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Re: [bug-gnulib] upgrade the regex module
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Stepan Kasal |
Subject: |
Re: [bug-gnulib] upgrade the regex module |
Date: |
Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:38:42 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.4.1i |
Hello,
On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 01:13:54AM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> writes:
> > The new implementation, by Isamu Hasegawa from IBM Japan, has
> > been accepted to GNU libc several years ago.
>
> Well, "several years" is a bit of an overstatement. It was accepted
> in 2002.
:-)
> Initially there were some performance and correctness problems so I
> wanted to hold off on it. My understanding is that some performance
> problems remain.
Yes, but OTOH as far as correctness with non-C locales is concerned, the
``new'' regex was significantly better from the beginning. I belive that
the increased correctness overweights the remaining performance problems.
> [...] I've been meaning to look into it in my spare time.
If I have spare time, I may prepare a patch to speed things up.
Thank you very much for the answer.
Stepan Kasal