Re: [Chicken-users] pcre_extended by default?

[felix winkelmann]

On 1/22/07, John Cowan <address@hidden> wrote:
> felix winkelmann scripsit:
>
> > One small question: integration of PCRE into chicken is nearly complete,
> > and I wondered whether PCRE's extended pattern syntax should actually
> > be enabled by default. Opinions?
>
> That's equivalent to the Perl /x option, and should not be turned on by
> default, as it causes pcre to ignore whitespace and Perl-style comments.
> It has nothing to do with the Perl extensions to Posix regex syntax --
> they are always turned on.

Ok.

> I do urge you to configure pcre with --enable-utf8 and
> --enable-unicode-properties so that it will work correctly with the utf8
> egg (provided the UTF-8 options are used at pattern compile and pattern
> exec time).

Yes, that is enabled directly by preprocessor definitions.

> I assume you are providing access to the native interface,
> not just the Posix-compatible one.

You mean "pcre_..."? Yes.



cheers,
felix