On 9/13/05 10:56 AM, "Eric Niebler" <eric@boost-consulting.com> wrote:
It's true that there is functional overlap between Regex and xpressive, but xpressive takes a much broader view of pattern matching. And just because one piece of this puzzle has been proposed for standardization doesn't mean that all innovation in this problem space must cease.
If xpressive gets accepted... ..could we factor stuff so common capabilities get to be in one set of code? (In other words, is xpressive is a super-set of Boost.Regex, and if so, can we change the implementation of Boost.Regex to use xpressive? What about any commonalities between these libraries and Spirit. Maybe we could have a grand unification of these three libraries some day, if appropriate. Of course, we could start a Regex and Spirit factoring now.) -- Daryle Walker Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie darylew AT hotmail DOT com