Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I took a look on Markus work: it was licensed under GPL 3.0 and it was > written in 2016. There were several changes on kerneldoc since them, > including the addition of a regex that it is not compatible with > Python re[1]: > > $members =~ s/\bSTRUCT_GROUP(\(((?:(?>[^)(]+)|(?1))*)\))[^;]*;/$2/gos; > > This one use: > > - recursive patterns: ?1 > - atomic grouping (?>...) > > Also, it is hard to map what he does with the existing script. I'm > opting to write a new script from scratch. That's fine, I just wanted to be sure you'd had a chance to look at it... > Another option would be to re-implement such regexes without using > such advanced patterns. Seems like a preferred option if that can be done. Banging one's head against all those regexes is often the hardest part of dealing with that script; anything that makes it simpler is welcome. Thanks, jon
