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Date:      Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:22:54 -0400
From:      grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: regex lint
Message-ID:  <d2e731a10909250222k7db752e7haf60d8842f2a3cd8@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <868wg460ck.fsf@ds4.des.no>
References:  <d2e731a10909232232r24c6b587peb2936ecfd5875af@mail.gmail.com> <868wg460ck.fsf@ds4.des.no>

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> No, grep(1) uses the GNU regex library, while find(1) uses the
> one from libc (which, among other shortcomings, is not localized).

Ok.

> /(foo|)/ is equivalent to /(foo)?/

I should've seen that grouping simplification. I was thinking this
was all that was left to use: 'foo\.bar$|foo$'
Thx.



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