Thread: Look-behind regular expressions
Are there any plans to support look-behind and negative look-behind for regular expressions in future? Thanks Thom
Thom Brown <thombrown@gmail.com> writes:
> Are there any plans to support look-behind and negative look-behind
> for regular expressions in future?
No. Or are you volunteering?
regards, tom lane
On 29 June 2010 15:40, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Thom Brown <thombrown@gmail.com> writes: >> Are there any plans to support look-behind and negative look-behind >> for regular expressions in future? > > No. Or are you volunteering? > A n00b like me volunteer for that? It's more of a suggestion. Thom
On Jun 29, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Thom Brown wrote: >> No. Or are you volunteering? > > A n00b like me volunteer for that? It's more of a suggestion. N00bs gotta start somewhere… Best, David
On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 at 17:49, David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com> wrote: > > On Jun 29, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Thom Brown wrote: > > >> No. Or are you volunteering? > > > > A n00b like me volunteer for that? It's more of a suggestion. > > N00bs gotta start somewhere… 10 years later, and I've noticed that both look-behind and negative look-behind have been implemented. Thanks to whomever did this. Thom
On 7/7/20 6:51 PM, Thom Brown wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 at 17:49, David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com> wrote: >> >> On Jun 29, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Thom Brown wrote: >> >>>> No. Or are you volunteering? >>> >>> A n00b like me volunteer for that? It's more of a suggestion. >> >> N00bs gotta start somewhere… > > 10 years later, and I've noticed that both look-behind and negative > look-behind have been implemented. > > Thanks to whomever did this. I think that it is Tom Lane that you should thank for this. https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=12c9a04008870c283931d6b3b648ee21bbc2cfda Andreas
On Jul 7, 2020, at 21:32, Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se> wrote: > On 7/7/20 6:51 PM, Thom Brown wrote: > >> 10 years later, and I've noticed that both look-behind and negative >> look-behind have been implemented. >> Thanks to whomever did this. > > I think that it is Tom Lane that you should thank for this. > > https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=12c9a04008870c283931d6b3b648ee21bbc2cfda In 2015! Thank you, Tom. I’ll have to find a use for it one of these days. D