From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-01-26T22:48:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Oniguruma and 1.8.x

K.Kosako wrote:
> 
> I have checked today Oniguruma 2.5.2
> and Ruby 1.8.2/1.8.3/1.8.4 from CVS Repository.
> 
> In Cygwin, all of them succeeded.
> In Windows, 1.8.4 failed because I have forgotten
> to update Makefile of Win32 for Ruby 1.8.4.
> So, I have released Oniguruma 2.5.3 a little while ago.
> 
> Have you worked on Windows Ruby 1.8.4?

No, I have not tried it on Windows at all. I have
had problems on Linux and Solaris.

> 
>>2. Would it be possible/practical/desirable to distribute
>>Oniguruma as part of 1.8, built optionally? Something
>>like ./configure --with-oniguruma ?
> 
> Possible.
> But I expect that Many people oppose it.

OK, not important to me anyway. I am mostly
concerned with documenting.

> P.S.
> I think it is enough for most people, to support
> look-behind in Ruby 1.8 regexp engine.
> Did anyone challenge it?

I don't know. I only want to cover some features
of Oniguruma in the 2nd edition of _The Ruby Way_,
and I am aware that it will be printed long before
Ruby 2 is out.


Thank you,
Hal