From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2005-12-08T04:32:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Oniguruma -- when?

In article <218B55DD-37A0-4B3E-A4E8-AEABD515EA38@grayproductions.net>,
James Edward Gray II  <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
>On Dec 7, 2005, at 12:07 PM, rubyhacker@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> When does Oniguruma go into Ruby? I thought it
>> was "very soon" -- perhaps "already" -- but someone
>> said something to make me think it was "later."
>
>I believe the official story is Ruby 2.0.
>
>This is because Matz is concerned about compatibility issues, I  
>think.  I believe he even offered to consider it sooner, if we could  
>put together a test suite that showed it wouldn't be too devastating  
>to legacy scripts.  (That's all from memory.  I could be wrong!)
>
>This is sad, because it really is a heck of a library and I would  
>love to see it become the norm as soon as possible.
>
>James Edward Gray II
>

I believe you can use oniguruma now in 1.8.3 if you compile-in the support for 
the library.  I think instructions have been posted in the past.

Phil