From: | Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Future of our regular expression code |
Date: | 2012-02-19 22:51:36 |
Message-ID: | CADxJZo2STcrAB=UevhahykBUFs8P27u3uPNWfXQGpiiXzMf6Wg@mail.gmail.com |
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On 19 February 2012 15:49, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> That sounds great.
>
> BTW, if you don't have it already, I'd highly recommend getting a copy
> of Friedl's "Mastering Regular Expressions". It's aimed at users not
> implementers, but there is a wealth of valuable context information in
> there, as well as a really good not-too-technical overview of typical
> implementation techniques for RE engines. You'd probably still want one
> of the more academic presentations such as the dragon book for
> reference, but I think Freidl's take on it is extremely useful.
Thanks for the recommendations Tom. I've now got Friedl, and there's
a dead-tree copy of 'Compilers' making its gradual way to me (no
ebook).
I've also been reading the article series by Russ Cox linked upthread
-- it's good stuff.
Are you far enough into the backrefs bug that you'd prefer to see it
through, or would you like me to pick it up?
Cheers,
BJ
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