Re: patch adding new regexp functions

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: Jeremy Drake <pgsql(at)jdrake(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Subject: Re: patch adding new regexp functions
Date: 2007-02-17 09:20:08
Message-ID: 200702171020.09991.peter_e@gmx.net
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David Fetter wrote:
> What is it about having the whole match, pre-match and post-match
> available that you're objecting to? Are you saying there aren't
> common uses for any or all of these? Regular expression users use
> them all over the place,

You keep saying that, and I keep saying please show a use case.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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