On 25 September 2010 12:01, Bruno Haible <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2010-09-18 Bruno Haible <[email protected]> >> >> New module 'regex-quote'. >> * lib/regex-quote.h: New file. >> * lib/regex-quote.c: New file. >> * modules/regex-quote: New file. >> Suggested by Reuben Thomas <[email protected]>. > > I pushed this module. No one except Reuben said "no we don't want this". > Reuben said so on the grounds of long-term future plans which IMO are > unrealistic, given the current way glibc APIs evolve.
And, if I may say so without appearing inconsistent, I agree with and support Bruno's decision: I'd much rather have a suboptimal solution to this problem than none at all. -- http://rrt.sc3d.org
