Re: Another RFC: regex in libiberty

Ian Lance Taylor
2001-06-07T18:31:00Z

DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> writes:

> [More lists added to get a wider audience]
>
> I didn't get a clear feeling about what people wanted wrt this. I saw
> three people propose three versions of regex, not much to go on. Is
> this a big deal? Will it really get used by everyone who currently
> has their own regex? Is it important to try to use a BSD-licensed
> regex to minimize future problems?
>
> The two contenders seem to be a modified GNU regex and the
> ever-popular Henry Spencer's regex. Does anyone have any strong
> opinions for either of these, or against any regex in libiberty at
> all?

gdb already ships with gnu-regex.c. Why not just move that to
libiberty?

I can't see any reason for a BSD-licensed regex in libiberty.
libiberty already GPL code.

Ian