| From: | Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru> |
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| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgtranslation-translators(at)pgfoundry(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: message string fixes |
| Date: | 2008-01-20 09:57:17 |
| Message-ID: | 47931AFD.1000807@sigaev.ru |
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> For example, in regis.c there are several strings talking about "regis
> pattern". I had never heard of regis patterns. Turns out they are a
> fast regex subset, used AFAICT only by the ispell code. Searching the
> web I don't find any other reference to "regises" (regisen? reges?), so
> I think we should avoid using the term. How about just changing the
> messages to just say "regular expression" instead?
It's just a combination of "regular expression for ispell". It implements
subset of regex. It much faster that any other implementation, and uses subset
widely used in ispell.
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Teodor Sigaev E-mail: teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru
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