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On 11/10/22 04:22, demerphq wrote: > The regex engine is a huge amount of code divided into several > conceptual components along with tons of ancillary code, all crammed > basically into two files. regcomp.c has 26k lines, and regexec.c has > 11k lines. [snip] > > Does anybody have any thoughts on this? Relatively few people work on > the regex code, does anybody have any strong feelings about this? Any > guidance to provide? > If we made the effort to organize this re-vamp as a *team* project, it could serve as a training ground for the next generation of Perl core developers. That would be a tremendous side benefit, IMO.Thread Previous | Thread Next