Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:25:16 -0500 From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> To: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org>, freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: regex(3): support for \< and \> word delimiters Message-ID: <53ADD32C.5040503@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <53556919.4010305@freebsd.org>
index | next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail
[-- Attachment #1 --] On 4/21/2014 1:53 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > Hello; > > Is there any related standard (or in absence strong feelings) > about having \< and \> delimiters in regex expressions? > > I have an old PR bin/153257 which actually comes from illumos: > https://www.illumos.org/issues/516 > > I don't use them but maybe it would help people moving their > scripts from Solaris. > > Regards, > > Pedro. I don't know about a standard, but I find the lack of \< \> to be a frustrating difference with other platforms. [[:<:]] [[:>:]] work but are far more characters to type. -- Regards, Bryan Drewery [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTrdMxAAoJEDXXcbtuRpfPlvAIAJzfsQR5DQ6sKsFfdveVDXD8 Mvj5tdb3EAZRM9ydB7BSe8ln/giBipNb06hYhtkrrzLfGQNOHvlAGIqqoX30E5Ga K8eI89dNxo9nU13364+AWBQC/SO9FjMqXcYcIDQcYJNsaGz9tYhttlenGXT+aPmE 11EXVKt0UuPuw2+Mv3B8Z4Tk/kynzjv4qdeuZ3tbCzFqzJePps79mjzhir+fy4bR yhANd5gdNWJB/XMDsR2aM+O2c0KXI59xEsv8OXLCWm8SDWdKtM93aHL3ND1Gh25w DXEEYXfWv9eW2BfQwXBHSC5hJMcqTcLs8cOw9fIdiP8jlByaFyyoWEnTZBgfeCU= =KI4p -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
Want to link to this message? Use this
URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?53ADD32C.5040503>