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Re: [libiberty] does anyone use regex.c with REGEX_MALLOC?
On Fri, 29 Jul 2016, Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote:
> On 29 July 2016 at 16:25, Jeff Law <law@redhat.com> wrote:
> >> Well, if libiberty is going to be replaced en masse by gnulib, then
> >> there's no sense in me cleaning up libiberty's regex.
>
> libiberty cannot be replaced completely, because there are bits that
> do not even exist in gnulib. And given the time frame, I don't think
The relevant question (long-term) is not whether they exist now in gnulib,
but whether equivalent functionality exists in or would be appropriate to
add to gnulib.
If gnulib has something equivalent with a different interface, migrating
to that interface might be appropriate. And if it has nothing equivalent,
adding the libiberty code to gnulib might be appropriate.
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Joseph S. Myers
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