On Wed, Jan 18 2023, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >>> GNU grep -P has no knob and would likely never have one. >> >> I think the general knob in not just GNU grep but GNU utils and the >> wider *nix landscape is "tweak your LC_ALL and/or other locale >> varibales". >> >> Which works for it, and will work for us once we're using PCRE2_UCP too. >> >>> So for now, I think we should acknowledge the bug, provide an option >>> for people that might need the fix, and fix all other problems we >>> have, which will include changes in PCRE2 as well to better fit our >>> use case. >> >> Hrm, what are those PCRE2 changes? The one I saw so far (or was it a >> proposal) was to just make its "grep" utility use the PCRE2_UCP like GNU >> grep is now doing in its unreleased version in its git repo... > > Yeah, I didn't understand Carlo's comment in that paragraph at all. > > In short, it sounds to me that the earlier one that added PCRE2_UCP > unconditionally would be the best alternative among those that have > been discussed. I agree.
