Re: POSIX regex
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:13:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: POSIX regex | ||
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On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Pierre wrote:
> On 7/16/07, Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> wrote:
> > Even in PHP 6 I am not sure it's a good idea.
>
> As far as I know, Jani is referring to PHP6 only. And it was "decided"
> in the "php6 notes".
Unfortunately that is not true. It's only the title of the agenda point,
it's not part of the "conclusions".
> I'm in favour to remove ereg in php6, and the sooner we decide the
> better.
Yes, I agree.
> Users will know about this change and will finally understand
> the PCRE superiority and why they should use it instead, and today.
However, users should learn how to use the new regexp engine
as that will support Unicode :)
regards,
Derick