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From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian AT zembu DOT com>
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Another RFC: regex in libiberty
References: <200106080127 DOT VAA01308 AT greed DOT delorie DOT com>
Date: 07 Jun 2001 18:31:08 -0700
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DJ Delorie <dj AT redhat DOT 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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