Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4608: boost::regex accepts invalid regular expressions like "\\d++"

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #4608: boost::regex accepts invalid regular expressions like "\\d++"
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-08-31 08:51:47

#4608: boost::regex accepts invalid regular expressions like "\\d++"
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  Reporter:  gyk.net <gyk.net@…>          |       Owner:  johnmaddock
      Type:  Bugs                         |      Status:  new        
 Milestone:  To Be Determined             |   Component:  regex      
   Version:  Boost 1.44.0                 |    Severity:  Problem    
Resolution:                               |    Keywords:  regex      
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Comment (by johnmaddock):

 Boost.Regex is intended to to track the regular expressions supported by
 Perl-5.x, and pocessive quantifiers were introduced in Perl-5.10 which is
 why we support them.

 However, you are correct that three +'s sould raise an error - I'll fix
 that shortly.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4608#comment:2>
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