From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id GAA27035; Thu, 27 May 2004 06:48:46 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA26989 for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 06:48:45 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4R4mgEV019195 for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 06:48:43 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp114-11.lns1.syd3.internode.on.net [150.101.114.11]) by smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4R4mYZq080916; Thu, 27 May 2004 14:18:35 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] unix.chop_extension From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: Richard Jones Cc: Ocaml In-Reply-To: <20040526164308.GA22145@redhat.com> References: <1085429093.6065.336.camel@pelican.wigram> <20040526110508.A17806@pauillac.inria.fr> <40B47D9D.1050007@baretta.com> <20040526164308.GA22145@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1085633313.32106.110.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 27 May 2004 14:48:33 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 40B5732A.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 chop:01 sourceforge:01 2004:99 2004:99 baretta:01 api:01 pcre:01 pcre:01 9660:01 glebe:01 regexp:01 ocaml:01 afaik:01 alex:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 02:43, Richard Jones wrote: > On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 01:21:01PM +0200, Alex Baretta wrote: > > Actually, I'm a happy user of Str, but I find the absence in Ocaml of a > > functional "canonical" regexp feature striking. > > I'm fascinated to know what this "functional" API would look like. I > use Pcre and it doesn't appear to have any global internal state > AFAICS ... AFAIK: The C Pcre that it wraps does use global variables and so while the interface appears re-entrant it isn't. -- John Skaller, mailto:skaller@users.sf.net voice: 061-2-9660-0850, snail: PO BOX 401 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia Checkout the Felix programming language http://felix.sf.net ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners