David Fetter wrote:
> What is it about having the whole match, pre-match and post-match
> available that you're objecting to? Are you saying there aren't
> common uses for any or all of these? Regular expression users use
> them all over the place,
You keep saying that, and I keep saying please show a use case.
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Peter Eisentraut
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