X-Original-To: pgsql-general-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E12123A4166 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:15:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 00901-01 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:15:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCF9C3A413D for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:15:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iAO0FIAt001847; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:15:18 -0500 (EST) To: Ken Tanzer Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Regexp matching: bug or operator error? In-reply-to: <1713.1101254499@sss.pgh.pa.us> References: <41A3C6C6.2090605@desc.org> <1713.1101254499@sss.pgh.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to Tom Lane message dated "Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:01:39 -0500" Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:15:18 -0500 Message-ID: <1846.1101255318@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200411/1145 X-Sequence-Number: 69225 Checking in the Tcl bug tracker reveals that this is an open issue for them as well: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=219219&group_id=10894&atid=110894 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=219358&group_id=10894&atid=110894 The first entry has Henry Spencer claiming that it is operating as designed, but the second one seems to cast doubt on that claim. In any case I tend to agree that the notation implies that greediness should be an independent property of each quantifier. However, if Henry can't or doesn't want to fix it, I'm not sure that I care to wade in ;-) regards, tom lane