Re: Fully anchor mi_gdb_test expected results.

[Bob Rossi <bob@brasko.net>]

On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 04:58:32PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 04:47:56PM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote:
> > For instance, a change from 
> >    regsub -all {[]*+.|()^$\[]} $str {\\&} result
> > to
> >    regsub -all {[]*+."|()^$\[]} $str {\\&} result
> > 
> > escapes the quotes. Would a change like this be OK? I'll run the
> > testsuite.
> 
> Note, the quotes should _not_ actually need to be escaped.  They're not
> regex-active.

That's odd, for some reason, the testcase will only pass if the quotes
are escaped. I have the expression written by hand, and it's the only
way it'll work. I agree they are not a special char for regex's.
What do you think? 

Is it because it's currently in a string when being matched? I think
that might be the case. Is there a work around for this?

Thanks,
Bob Rossi