From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2005-08-06T17:22:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Which Regex-Engine will be used in Ruby 1.8.3 Release?

Hi,

In message "Re: Which Regex-Engine will be used in Ruby 1.8.3 Release?"
    on Sat, 6 Aug 2005 06:54:08 +0900, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> writes:

|> It's not planned, for compatibility's sake.  Any opinion?
|
|I guess I can see why that's the case, but I'm very excited about the  
|new engine and can't wait for it to make an official appearance.
|
|I know Oniguruma supports more features, but does it not support all  
|of the current engine?

Two reasons:

  * no one have verified regular expression compatibility in detail before.
  * no one have proven the stability of the new engine.

It would not be merged unless someone pay the cost to verify the new
engine.

							matz.