[libiberty] does anyone use regex.c with REGEX_MALLOC?

[Joseph Myers]

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.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com