Re: [Boost-Users] Re: Regexp linking problems with VC++6.0 + STLPort

From: John Maddock (john_maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-22 05:54:18

> One more question though. If I try to use the RegEx class
> with a large buffer, I get an exception. I use it just like
> this 
> 
> const std::string & buffer = GetLargeBuffer();
> boost::RegEx regEx( buffer ); 
> 
> Is there a limit on how large the buffer can be? I'm passing it
> the result of loading a web page, so it can be up to 100KB or
> so.

A web page isn't a valid regular expression: hence the exception.

John Maddock
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