From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20337 invoked by alias); 1 Apr 2017 16:44:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 22646 Received: (qmail 11161 invoked from network); 1 Apr 2017 16:44:03 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Diagnostics: from mail-ua0-f173.google.com by f.primenet.com.au (envelope-from , uid 7791) with qmail-scanner-2.11 (clamdscan: 0.99.2/21882. spamassassin: 3.4.1. Clear:RC:0(209.85.217.173):SA:0(-0.0/5.0):. Processed in 0.979736 secs); 01 Apr 2017 16:44:03 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_PASS,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Envelope-From: schaefer@brasslantern.com X-Qmail-Scanner-Mime-Attachments: | X-Qmail-Scanner-Zip-Files: | Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at _netblocks.google.com designates 209.85.217.173 as permitted sender) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=brasslantern-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:message-id:date:in-reply-to:comments:references:to:subject :mime-version; bh=lHKuqsmezo59tqBMJacE74jBPOmaguOx8gPFFLtrSKg=; b=1yUs4PbjjkzZniDWvEngS6xzSftmQ355oG7Ftrr2f8QzdssFOO3+v9fpspgoERc92H L+dOHtmqVq6u+fjAsOs/sYcqDvfeSqTvpqFmeX8S2qUSFNPEdueQZ36M2jYO9zqApHUf mGAFFK2p3lLRzgkC8Vfn2HebJtohsrjFKDhuBUEbJ4ygk+OzgAHSRsb4ENS//x+PFpP7 5otsR5IZ4L1k0ix0lfZ6RMmp0GJfjHxDn6rGmbGX1qXMJ0oFCvgPsThjj6gFaXjODzAl cYNxZtM32g+ZNcslpQunGe1EzsTRYI6ANGO4sKHWaUp/GTyz6XhzYACvoiOUT/59EnmT eMGA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:message-id:date:in-reply-to:comments :references:to:subject:mime-version; bh=lHKuqsmezo59tqBMJacE74jBPOmaguOx8gPFFLtrSKg=; b=bIj47h3L8hdSUBvoTov6GsZUd+BtAgUQknFMYF6IKb5/FMY41opwuEFSYv305hyrxE au+by2L5eIbwXCpoAKNCfVQZIT+PGlKH+SqQJVDaEgrvAis8FbQk50f6J+3EQ9ICxCsp /qUS555C2fgsaYf7WtEQlETuDZpOWzPLbdc8BGySlb0xo6MIfEcm+4dgMoqpbe223J9Q IPeLagcH0n1viPPuHO72Glmst3z+0yKnUee9Ohkck+1AUsRS+sNzgWfXvJfKw5jFBT7S TRZdI41IYL6TdjDJuqu2q+3kLx0K1zrjyXbbnRZitxMUkWYzQlzIqPgh50FxHaLgSmqw 674w== X-Gm-Message-State: AFeK/H0yXcVP3Zo/fFd8vJ/5CyP1cPO0oCjeAxBLtnABAJ+tmO0Ngxkrz1BTENzCTdcI+Q== X-Received: by 10.176.86.91 with SMTP id z27mr3892808uaa.88.1491065035337; Sat, 01 Apr 2017 09:43:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Bart Schaefer Message-Id: <170401094355.ZM28604@torch.brasslantern.com> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 09:43:55 -0700 In-Reply-To: Comments: In reply to Sebastian Gniazdowski "Re: zregexparse" (Apr 1, 12:21pm) References: <170330221929.ZM18456@torch.brasslantern.com> <170331141359.ZM24862@torch.brasslantern.com> X-Mailer: OpenZMail Classic (0.9.2 24April2005) To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: zregexparse MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Apr 1, 12:21pm, Sebastian Gniazdowski wrote: } Subject: Re: zregexparse } } On 31 march 2017 at 23:15:31, Bart Schaefer (schaefer@brasslantern.com) wrote: } > The return values from zregexparse are pretty strongly tailored to be } > used with compset and compadd, and it does nothing useful with $match } > and friends -- it's not tied into glob pattern referencing at all. } } Let me just express regret about this outcome. It's not so much an "outcome" as a statement of fact. zregexparse was written to solve a particular problem. At the time there was no reason to consider having a generalized regex library; the =~ operator (and the ability to have modules define operators) had not yet been added. This is just one of the corners of the code that has not been paid any attention in a very long time (it's essentially unchanged since 2001 or so). } One IRC user once reported problems } with some completions, because he sincerely configured BSD port as } static build (no zsh/regex by default). I then quickly removed regex } usage from _hosts, but the patch wasn't accepted If you're referring to your post from March 8th, this appears to have been a case of something missed because no one had time to commit it right then, not an intentional rejection.