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Re: [Nmh-workers] pick character classes
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Paul Fox |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] pick character classes |
Date: |
Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:06:21 -0500 |
>
> > i noticed this afternoon that pick doesn't honor ranges in
> > character classes. it treats the class "[a-z]" as three
> > characters ('a', 'z', and '-') instead of 26. so i implemented it.
> >
> > as i was coming to the end of the work, i suddenly had a nasty
> > feeling of deja vu. now it might be because i've implemented
> > ranges for similar regex code before, or it might be because this
> > has been done or talked about on the list before.
> >
> > is there already a patch out there for character classes ranges
> > in pick regexps? or is there a reason they shouldn't be implemented?
>
> There's a patch here:
> http://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/?func=detailitem&item_id=4011
>
> I've been meaning to add this fix, but I've been terribly busy lately. I
> see no reason to not support this behavior.
well, this certainly explains my sense of deja vu. apparently
i wrote that patch. and then i rewrote it this afternoon. doh!
i'm such a dolt. :-)
how do i get at the patch from that page? i'm sure it's better than
what i did today. :-)
paul
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