Re: Completing regex in GSoC 2013

["Stephen M. Webb" <stephen dot webb at bregmasoft dot ca>]

On 04/22/2013 01:21 AM, Tim Shen wrote:
> Hi there, I'm a student interested in GCC and want to make a proposal
> of GSoC on completing regex.
> 
> I've read include/bits/regex.h. As far as I can see, the
> implementation of regex_traits is partial because C++11(N3290)
> requires two specializations : regex_traits<char> and
> regex_triats<wchar_t> (28.3.5), which hasn't been implement yet.
> 
> Since the GSoC application guide says "Starting with some small patch
> for the area you are interested in before the proposal submittal
> period can help (ask for guidance and a simple enough project)", is it
> fine for me to start my work at those two specializations?

This is indeed one of the outstanding issues in regex.  I'm not so sure if it qualifies as a "small patch" despite its
small surface area and appearance of simplicity, but take a stab at it

-- 
Stephen M. Webb  <stephen.webb@bregmasoft.ca>

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