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Re: regnsub, regasub



On 26.02.2018 21:33, Jaromír Doleček wrote:
> +1 to removal
> 
> 2018-02-26 18:51 GMT+01:00 <maya%netbsd.org@localhost>:
>>
>> Any chance we can remove this from libc before releasing 8.0?
>> it has one user, and the implementation is very specific for a certain
>> use-case.
>>
>> having a DIY one use case function in libc is actually harming the
>> ability to upstream this, aside from the implementation choices.
> 

I'm not the proper address for this request.

I personally find these functions useful, just the regex(3) API (or
strings in general) is not something people like to do in C.

I see no problem with a one-use-case function in libc, as long as it is
well defined and generic enough. I would definitely use these functions
when I will be doing sed(1)-like operations in C.

There are no problems with reentrancy or threading in these functions so
I see no flaws.

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