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Re: git diff looping?

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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
Jun 17, 2009, 13:16 UTC
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Paolo Bonzini wrote:
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> 
>> The glibc implementation is quite large. Cutting the library-specific
>> cruft it still sits at about 10k LOC.
>>
>> Using PCRE is a no-go, as it uses perl-compatible regexes even for the
>> posix-compatible API, as per pcreposix(3):
> 
> I have a PCRE fork that has POSIX semantics (except the braindead 
> leftmost-longest *sub*expressions).  It weighs 8kLOC, you can find it in 
> branch ssed of GNU sed's git repository.
>

Sounds neat. Do you by any chance have some performance measurements for it? If the work's already done and it provides a significant improvement I'm all for it ;-)

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  6. 1/2 Makefile: refactor regex compat supportJeff King, Jun 16, 2009
  7. Johannes SixtJun 16, 2009
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  9. 1/2 Makefile: refactor regex compat supportJeff King, Jun 16, 2009
  10. 2/2 Makefile: use compat regex on SolarisJeff King, Jun 16, 2009
  11. Brandon CaseyJun 16, 2009
  12. Mike RalphsonJun 17, 2009
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  14. 2/2 Makefile: use compat regex on SolarisJeff King, Jun 16, 2009
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  16. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2009
  17. Jeff KingJun 16, 2009
  18. Brandon CaseyJun 16, 2009
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  20. Jeff KingJun 16, 2009
  21. Brandon CaseyJun 16, 2009
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  23. Jeff KingJun 17, 2009
  24. Paolo BonziniJun 17, 2009
  25. Andreas EricssonJun 17, 2009
  26. Paolo BonziniJun 17, 2009
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  28. Paolo BonziniJun 17, 2009
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  31. Jeff KingJun 17, 2009
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