Look-behind regular expressions

Started by Thom Brownover 15 years ago7 messages
#1Thom Brown
thombrown@gmail.com

Are there any plans to support look-behind and negative look-behind
for regular expressions in future?

Thanks

Thom

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Thom Brown (#1)
Re: Look-behind regular expressions

Thom Brown <thombrown@gmail.com> writes:

Are there any plans to support look-behind and negative look-behind
for regular expressions in future?

No. Or are you volunteering?

regards, tom lane

#3Thom Brown
thombrown@gmail.com
In reply to: Tom Lane (#2)
Re: Look-behind regular expressions

On 29 June 2010 15:40, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

Thom Brown <thombrown@gmail.com> writes:

Are there any plans to support look-behind and negative look-behind
for regular expressions in future?

No.  Or are you volunteering?

A n00b like me volunteer for that? It's more of a suggestion.

Thom

#4David E. Wheeler
david@kineticode.com
In reply to: Thom Brown (#3)
Re: Look-behind regular expressions

On Jun 29, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Thom Brown wrote:

No. Or are you volunteering?

A n00b like me volunteer for that? It's more of a suggestion.

N00bs gotta start somewhere…

Best,

David

#5Thom Brown
thombrown@gmail.com
In reply to: David E. Wheeler (#4)
Re: [HACKERS] Look-behind regular expressions

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 at 17:49, David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com> wrote:

On Jun 29, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Thom Brown wrote:

No. Or are you volunteering?

A n00b like me volunteer for that? It's more of a suggestion.

N00bs gotta start somewhere…

10 years later, and I've noticed that both look-behind and negative
look-behind have been implemented.

Thanks to whomever did this.

Thom

#6Andreas Karlsson
andreas@proxel.se
In reply to: Thom Brown (#5)
Re: [HACKERS] Look-behind regular expressions

On 7/7/20 6:51 PM, Thom Brown wrote:

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 at 17:49, David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com> wrote:

On Jun 29, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Thom Brown wrote:

No. Or are you volunteering?

A n00b like me volunteer for that? It's more of a suggestion.

N00bs gotta start somewhere…

10 years later, and I've noticed that both look-behind and negative
look-behind have been implemented.

Thanks to whomever did this.

I think that it is Tom Lane that you should thank for this.

https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=12c9a04008870c283931d6b3b648ee21bbc2cfda

Andreas

#7David E. Wheeler
david@justatheory.com
In reply to: Andreas Karlsson (#6)
Re: [HACKERS] Look-behind regular expressions

On Jul 7, 2020, at 21:32, Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se> wrote:

On 7/7/20 6:51 PM, Thom Brown wrote:

10 years later, and I've noticed that both look-behind and negative
look-behind have been implemented.
Thanks to whomever did this.

I think that it is Tom Lane that you should thank for this.

https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=12c9a04008870c283931d6b3b648ee21bbc2cfda

In 2015! Thank you, Tom. I’ll have to find a use for it one of these days.

D