Re: Future of our regular expression code - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Simon Riggs
Subject Re: Future of our regular expression code
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Msg-id CA+U5nMJu2UOsWXG3BGcw8q0xkPyS7OcjRMrkvCfY4pNca7O95w@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Future of our regular expression code  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Future of our regular expression code  (Vik Reykja <vikreykja@gmail.com>)
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On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> One immediate consequence of deciding that we are lead maintainers and
> not just consumers is that we should put in some regression tests,
> instead of taking the attitude that the Tcl guys are in charge of that.
> I have a head cold today and am not firing on enough cylinders to do
> anything actually complicated, so I was thinking of spending the
> afternoon transliterating the Tcl regex test cases into SQL as a
> starting point.

Having just had that brand of virus, I'd skip it and take the time
off, like I should have.

Translating the test cases is a great way in for a volunteer, so
please leave a few easy things to get people started on the road to
maintaining that.

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