Re: Finding broken regex'es - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Finding broken regex'es
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Msg-id 3156.1191391384@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Finding broken regex'es  (Erik Jones <erik@myemma.com>)
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Erik Jones <erik@myemma.com> writes:
> Btw, am I crazy or do I remember someone  
> mentioning that support for Perl regexes possibly being added to  
> Postgres in the future.

You can already get exact-Perl-behavior regexes by means of a plperl
wrapper function.  I can't really see any plausible argument for us
supporting both behaviors natively --- IMHO the three regex flavors
supported by Spencer's library are already two too many.
        regards, tom lane


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