Re: TMCL Regexp constraint

Am 19.11.2010 um 10:17 schrieb Lars Heuer:

> Hi Lars,
>
> [...]
>> Following the links you get to:
>>   http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xmlschema-2-20041028/#regexs
>
>> which says:
>
>>> Unlike some popular regular expression languages (including those
>>> defined by Perl and standard Unix utilities), the regular
>>> expression language defined here implicitly anchors all regular
>>> expressions at the head and tail, as the most common use of regular
>>> expressions in ·pattern· is to match entire literals.
>
>> So the answer to your question is (b), which IMHO is as it should be.
>
> The answer is (a) "the boundaries are implicit".

You are right.

Best,

An obvious fan of explicity and a secret admirer of implicity :)