From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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To: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
Cc: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Future of our regular expression code |
Date: | 2012-02-18 20:17:53 |
Message-ID: | 4F400771.1000909@dunslane.net |
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On 02/18/2012 02:25 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> Do we have volunteers that might save Tom from taking on this task?
>> It's not something that requires too much knowledge and experience of
>> PostgreSQL, so is an easier task for a newcomer.
> Sure, it doesn't require knowledge of PG, but I dare say there aren't
> very many newcomers who are going to walk in knowing how to manage
> complex regex code.. I haven't seen too many who can update gram.y,
> much less make our regex code handle Unicode better. I'm all for
> getting other people to help with the code, of course, but I wouldn't
> hold my breath and leave existing bugs open on the hopes that someone's
> gonna show up.
Indeed, the number of people in the community who can hit the ground
running with this is probably vanishingly small, sadly. (I haven't
touched any formal DFA/NFA code in a couple of decades.)
cheers
andrew
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