Re: [WebDNA] [regex]

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2015

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texte = We will do our best to get a full working version of the grep parser. =However, this was also on the to-do list of Grand Hulbert years ago, and =if he did not do it, it is probably because it is not that easy to do =it.- chris> On 16 Jan 2015, at 21:36, Kenneth Grome =wrote:>=20>> I think the best way to go forward with our version of [grep]>> is to start a wiki (or interactive docs) where users can create>> the grep docs over time.>=20> I disagree completely.>=20> Personally I think the best way to go forward with "our version of> [grep]" is to abandon it. YES, ABANDON IT !!!>=20> I'm not suggesting that it be removed from the engine (backward> compatibility is still important here) ... only that no more> effort be made by ANYONE to fix it, or document it, or change it> in any way.>=20> Instead, WSC might better focus its limited resources on a new> [regex] context that implements standard *nix grep. Then we will> finally have a version all programmers worldwide can easily and> correctly understand and use without issue.>=20> Just think about it for a minute:>=20> Standard *nix grep is prolifically documented on the web, which> means "we don't need no frickin' wiki" if only we had a standard> *nix version of grep in the language.>=20> So please, WSC, do us all a huge favor by adopting the common> standard *nix grep as [regex] ... and then let "our version of> grep" die a slow but welcome death.>=20> Regards,> Kenneth Grome> WebDNA Solutions> http://www.webdnasolutions.com> Web Database Systems and Linux Server Management>=20>=20> On 01/16/2015 11:05 AM, Donovan Brooke wrote:>> I think the only reason it is there is because there was a=20>> universal open source C port (library) that someone did, and>> it gave PC servers the power of grep. As of now, it is a *nix=20>> based language and we do have access to the system grep (on>> the OS) via [SHELL]. I think the best way to go forward with>> our version of [grep] (which is quite useful) is to start a>> wiki (or interactive docs) where users can create the grep docs>> over time. It is really not that far off from the ideas of>> GNU grep, and I personally know a lot of the quirks />> workarounds.. and I=92m sure many of you do to. Over some time,>> we could not only create community docs for it, but we could>> improve it.> ---------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: [WebDNA] [regex] (Kenneth Grome 2015)
Re: [WebDNA] [regex] (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2015)
[WebDNA] [regex] (Kenneth Grome 2015)

We will do our best to get a full working version of the grep parser. =However, this was also on the to-do list of Grand Hulbert years ago, and =if he did not do it, it is probably because it is not that easy to do =it.- chris> On 16 Jan 2015, at 21:36, Kenneth Grome =wrote:>=20>> I think the best way to go forward with our version of [grep]>> is to start a wiki (or interactive docs) where users can create>> the grep docs over time.>=20> I disagree completely.>=20> Personally I think the best way to go forward with "our version of> [grep]" is to abandon it. YES, ABANDON IT !!!>=20> I'm not suggesting that it be removed from the engine (backward> compatibility is still important here) ... only that no more> effort be made by ANYONE to fix it, or document it, or change it> in any way.>=20> Instead, WSC might better focus its limited resources on a new> [regex] context that implements standard *nix grep. Then we will> finally have a version all programmers worldwide can easily and> correctly understand and use without issue.>=20> Just think about it for a minute:>=20> Standard *nix grep is prolifically documented on the web, which> means "we don't need no frickin' wiki" if only we had a standard> *nix version of grep in the language.>=20> So please, WSC, do us all a huge favor by adopting the common> standard *nix grep as [regex] ... and then let "our version of> grep" die a slow but welcome death.>=20> Regards,> Kenneth Grome> WebDNA Solutions> http://www.webdnasolutions.com> Web Database Systems and Linux Server Management>=20>=20> On 01/16/2015 11:05 AM, Donovan Brooke wrote:>> I think the only reason it is there is because there was a=20>> universal open source C port (library) that someone did, and>> it gave PC servers the power of grep. As of now, it is a *nix=20>> based language and we do have access to the system grep (on>> the OS) via [shell]. I think the best way to go forward with>> our version of [grep] (which is quite useful) is to start a>> wiki (or interactive docs) where users can create the grep docs>> over time. It is really not that far off from the ideas of>> GNU grep, and I personally know a lot of the quirks />> workarounds.. and I=92m sure many of you do to. Over some time,>> we could not only create community docs for it, but we could>> improve it.> ---------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us christophe.billiottet@webdna.us

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