Re: [Boost-Users] Inconsistent regexp matching when using quantifiers?

From: John Maddock (john_maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-29 06:12:18

> Out of curiosity, will the result of your fix be:
>
> 1.  "a{1}b" is *not* found in any string consisting of more than 1 "a"
> followed by a "b",

Efficient but dumb.

> Or,
>
> 2. "a{1}b" *is* found (albeit at the next to last position) in every
string
> consisting of 1 or more "a"s followed by a "b".

The right answer IMO.

John.