Hi Alex & Helge, At 2022-12-04T21:27:05+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > On 12/4/22 10:07, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > Issue: longest initial → initial > > Why? I believe "longest initial" is fine. I agree. POSIX says: "The wcscspn() function shall compute the length (in wide characters) of the *maximum initial segment* of the wide-character string pointed to by ws1 which consists entirely of wide-character codes _not_ from the wide-character string."[1] [* emphasis added, _ emphasis in original] This distinction is important for those who have learned, often the hard way, the difference between greedy and stingy pattern matches.[2] Regards, Branden [1] https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/wcscspn.html [2] https://www.aivosto.com/regexpr/help/greedy-stingy.html
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