Hi Paul, Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu> writes:
>> If POSIX were to try to standardize \` and \' instead of \A and \z, it >> would have the benefit of existing practice (glibc) > > Not just glibc. A quick search shows that FreeBSD[1] and Boost[2][3] > both support \`...\' in POSIX-style BREs and EREs, as an extension. > Surely there are other implementations. > > Let's standardize what already works instead of adding even more confusion. I saw that there are proposed changes in Python regarding this proposed standardization [1] [2]. But I am sympathetic to your argument that \` and \' should be standardized instead since some implementations already support it. I have linked them this thread so they know about it before making any changes. Collin [1] https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/133306 [2] https://discuss.python.org/t/proposal-add-z-as-a-synonym-for-z-in-python-res-for-standardization/90378/11
