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From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: [[ 'abcde' =~ (#i)Bcd ]]
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 10:43:49 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f19cae6d-d9ff-3a10-0be1-5f57b77acc06@eastlink.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y2qUitMtpVkcdH4U@fullerene.field.pennock-tech.net>


On 2022-11-08 09:40, Phil Pennock wrote:
>
> Using `setopt pcre_match` will switch =~ from bash-compatible to using
> PCRE, Perl Compatible Regular Expressions, so much closer to the
> original =~.

So complicated!  Not just zsh as she is, but all that history and the 
variations on the theme.  I've always wondered what PCRE is, now I 
know.  Being even vaguely informed about all this stuff is useful tho it 
puts all issues in their cultural context.  Thinks might not be as clean 
and clear as one might wish.





      reply	other threads:[~2022-11-08 18:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-07 21:10 Ray Andrews
2022-11-07 21:26 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2022-11-07 21:47   ` Ray Andrews
2022-11-07 22:15     ` Lawrence Velázquez
2022-11-08  1:57       ` Ray Andrews
2022-11-07 21:50   ` Lawrence Velázquez
2022-11-08  2:05     ` Ray Andrews
2022-11-08  8:19       ` Roman Perepelitsa
2022-11-08 13:32         ` Ray Andrews
2022-11-08 14:37           ` Roman Perepelitsa
2022-11-08 14:30             ` Ray Andrews
2022-11-08 17:40 ` Phil Pennock
2022-11-08 18:43   ` Ray Andrews [this message]

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