Hi Bruno,
On 3/11/24 4:32 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Another GNU package in the same realm is GNU Bison. If you like regular
> expression and automata theory, you will like GNU Bison as well.
Thanks for the suggestion. I've never gotten around to using YACC or
GNU Bison, surprisingly. I'll find so
Hi Collin,
> The POSIX BRE vs. ERE along with backreferences, assertions, lazy vs.
> greedy matching allowed by some languages adds multiple layers of
> complexity which starts to hurt my brain. :)
Yes, the many variants of regular expressions are complicated...
> The DFA module also looks prett
Hi Bruno,
On 3/10/24 3:51 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> I prefer comparing with '' explicitly. It's clearer about the intent.
> It avoids an implicit conversion from str to bool.
Sure, makes sense. I'll keep that in mind in the future.
> Regarding the regex change: In a group '(...)' one needs to us
Hi Collin,
> Hopefully this patch should be better.
Thanks, much better. I applied it, together with this follow-up:
2024-03-10 Bruno Haible
gnulib-tool.py: Tweak last commit.
* pygnulib/GLEmiter.py (GLEmiter.initmacro_end): Avoid an implicit str
to bool conversion.
Hi Bruno,
Hopefully this patch should be better. Feel free to let me know if
there is anything I didn't address.
On 3/10/24 5:07 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> 1) This form of conditional expression
>
>base = self.config['destdir'] if self.config['destdir'] else '.'
>
>mentions first a v
Hi Collin,
> I've implemented the initial support for --automake-subdir in
> gnulib-tool.py. It is a larger patch so let me know if you have any
> questions.
Thanks.
Though, it would be nice to improve a couple of things:
1) This form of conditional expression
base = self.config['destdi
