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Re: Breaking up regcomp.c and maybe regexec.c

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From:
Dave Mitchell
Date:
November 12, 2022 12:19
Subject:
Re: Breaking up regcomp.c and maybe regexec.c
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Y2+PQKJgirZFfQvO@iabyn.com
On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 12:03:04PM +0100, demerphq wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 at 10:32, Dave Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com> wrote:
> > As for the split, I'm particularly bothered either way. But if we do
> > reorganise, then there are a few runtime things in regcomp.c that really
> > aught to be in regexec.c, like Perl_reg_numbered_buff_fetch().
> 
> I guess when you say "in regexec.c" you mean "in the same compilation
> unit as the pregexec()"?

Well, just that they they should be in a file which contains stuff related
to execution time rather than compile time behaviour. I'll leave the
details to you :-)

-- 
"There's something wrong with our bloody ships today, Chatfield."
    -- Admiral Beatty at the Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916.

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