Re: Regex comments

> From: James Clark (jjc@jclark.com)
> Date: Tue, Dec 05 2000
> 
> which suggests that a character class subtraction looks like:
> 
>  [abc-[def]]
> 
> If this is right, it's deeply confusing that the description of \w uses
> an incompatible syntax: [...]-[...].  It is also a pretty bizarre
> feature: is this really necessary? I couldn't find any mention of it in
> the Regexp documentation I consulted.

I found it in UTR#18, so I withdraw this comment. (The comment about the
description of \w still stands.)

James

Received on Tuesday, 5 December 2000 07:52:14 UTC