RE: [boost] regex lib: regex_grep w/ match_posix broken?

From: Benzinger, Ralph (ralph.benzinger_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-08 08:31:16

> > Actually, now that I look at the code, should it simply be
> >
> > <      if(((m_match_flags & match_not_null) == 0) && (m_presult->length() == 0))
> > ---
> > >      if(((m_match_flags & match_not_null) == 0) && (m_result.length() == 0))
> >
> > just below the original patch?  That _seems_ to work.
> 
> I've no time now, but I'll look into it, thanks,
> 
> John.

Thanks.  BTW, meanwhile I noticed that it's not as simple as that.  Above change helps with consecutive matches, but breaks empty matches, i.e. grepping "a*" over "---" gets stuck in an infinite loop.

Ralph