[Bug 1889] Regex [+-] syntax

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=1889





------- Comment #11 from davep@iit.edu  2008-05-30 18:05 -------
(In reply to comment #7)

> Inasmuch as the comment-list discussion of the referenced comment includes the
> point that '+' is a metacharacter and hence must always be escaped when a real
> point is intended, I intend to include that point as part of this bug and fix
> it as part of this bug's fix.

It is a fact that *outside a character range expression* an autonymous
("self-naming", not "autonomous") use of a metacharacter character must be
escaped.  But escaping '+' is also covered in 3659, at least for date/time
datatypes, so I propose that be used to track plus signs needing escaping.  The
rest of this bug is covered by the proposed fix, which was being condidered
today.

Received on Friday, 30 May 2008 18:05:40 UTC