On 09/02/2016 09:46 AM, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 09:25:15AM -0500, Eric Blake wrote: >> >> 2.13.1 Patterns Matching a Single Character >> >> [ >> If an open bracket introduces a bracket expression as in XBD RE >> Bracket Expression, except that the <exclamation-mark> character ( '!' ) >> shall replace the <circumflex> character ( '^' ) in its role in a >> non-matching list in the regular expression notation, it shall introduce >> a pattern bracket expression. A bracket expression starting with an >> unquoted <circumflex> character produces unspecified results. Otherwise, >> '[' shall match the character itself. > > BTW, this last sentence is not present in > > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009604499/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_13 > That's the 2004 edition (TC1 of the 2001 spec, aka Issue 6). > So I presume it's a newer unreleased revision. Newer but released (TC2 of the 2008 spec, aka Issue 7): http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_13_01 The requirement has been there for 8 years now. > > Seriously, you guys are turning POSIX into a joke by introducing > all these new requirements. At this point I think we should > pretty much give up on POSIX compliance the way it's headed. I hope you're just stating that out of frustration, and not something that you actually intend to follow through with. And if there is a requirement being considered in the Austin Group that you disagree with, please speak up on the Austin Group - membership is free. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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