Justin,

I'm inclined to take this page, after fixing aa few small things.

A few comments:

> \fIresponse\fP should be a \fBNULL\fP-terminated string containing a

Please: "null terminated" (NULL and '\0' are NOT the same thing.)

> .SH BUGS
> The \fBrpmatch\fP() implementation looks at only the first character
> of \fIresponse\fP.  As a consequence, "nyes" returns 0, and the
> following all return 1:
> .RS
> .sp
> \*(lqyno, never; not in a million years\*(rq
> .br
> .TP
> \*(lqyover my dead body\*(rq
> .br
> .TP
> \*(lqywhenever hell freezes over\*(rq
> .sp
> .RE

My humour filter is hesitating over this for a moment...

> It would be preferrable to accept parse input strings much more
> strictly, for example: \fBm/^y(es?)$/i\fP and \fBm/^n(o?)$/i\fP.

What is the notation "m/^y(es?)$/i" -- why not just "/^y(es?)$/".

Any suggestions about other pages whose SEE ALSO should
mention this page?

Cheers,

Michael


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