Re: PCRE regexp compiler.

Thanks Eric. That is the prime I need.

Ted

--- Eric Bezault <ericb-D6Qt/9opevxWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:

> Tao Feng wrote:
> > "indexing" does match either of those patterns,
> but
> > after that match, has_matched never be false, no
> > matter how many times I call "next_match".
> > 
> > Which means that I get this in a loop of querying
> > captures of match:
> > "indexing"
> > ""
> > ""
> > ""
> > ""
> > ""
> > ""
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > (infinite)
> 
> It's because the empty string is a valid match.
> You should either use "[a-z]+" instead of "[a-z]*"
> as regexp, or call:
> 
>     my_regexp.set_empty_allowed (False)
> 
> before calling the match features. See comments
> in RX_PCRE_COMPILER.is_empty_allowed for details.
> 
> -- 
> Eric Bezault
> mailto:ericb-D6Qt/9opevxWk0Htik3J/[email protected]
> http://www.gobosoft.com
> 
> 



		
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