Eric Blake wrote:
> > +            /* There is no need to check whether RE_SYNTAX_EMACS is
> > +               (RE_CHAR_CLASSES | RE_INTERVALS), corresponding to
> > +               Emacs 21 (2001) and later, because Gnulib's lib/regex.h
> > +               is always used and has this value.  */
> 
> Or are we really guaranteed that even when we use gnulib's regex
> module, we are using gnulib's regex.h but can still use the unreplaced
> glibc implementations?

Yes, we have this guarantee (unless the maintainer has forgotten to add the
appropriate -I options to their Makefile.am, but that would most likely cause
trouble elsewhere).

Bruno




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