From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:33:15 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] userdiff: better method/property matching for C#
Message-ID: <xmqqv856tamc.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.1682.v4.git.git.1711653257043.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Steven Jeuris via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

>     As before, I ran into many regex limitations (no possessive quantifiers,
>     no lookahead). It also seems different regex evaluators are used on
>     different test runs. Which one does git diff use? Maybe it is about time
>     to update this? E.g., if speed is a concern, possessive quantifiers can
>     speed up search.

When you make regcomp(3) and regexec(3) calls, you'll be using the
system library that supplies them.  IOW, we use whatever is on the
system.