Re: [PATCH/RFC] grep: add a perlRegexp configuration option

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J Smith <dark.panda@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> ... For the sake of completeness (verbosity? pedantry?) I also
> included a setting for "extended" which is equivalent to true.

Good thinking.

> With this sort of change, would a more generic "grep.regexpMode",
> "grep.patternType" or something similar perhaps be more descriptive,
> with "grep.extendedRegexp" being aliased for backwards compatibility
> purposes? I could also add that functionality if desired.

A variable called "extendedRegexp" already reads quite naturally if
it can have value to say what kind of extendedness is desired, at
least to me.  So I do not care too deeply either way.
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