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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-04-02 08:31:28 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-04-02 08:31:28 +0000
commit3c0e576c6d920c2a5e8626bfe3c45b9c14ae0ab7 (patch)
treec5e63a57de100a49d8dec7522a095beb67698bc8 /lib/regex.h
parente1aa041f5e6c67ac4ac98f184259cc9f43f3f02b (diff)
downloadcoreutils-3c0e576c6d920c2a5e8626bfe3c45b9c14ae0ab7.tar.xz
Update from GNU libc.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/regex.h')
-rw-r--r--lib/regex.h8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/regex.h b/lib/regex.h
index 91a356067..63c2fef69 100644
--- a/lib/regex.h
+++ b/lib/regex.h
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ typedef unsigned long int reg_syntax_t;
this bit set, and it won't affect anything in the normal case. */
#define RE_DEBUG (RE_NO_GNU_OPS << 1)
+/* If this bit is set, a syntactically invalid interval is treated as
+ a string of ordinary characters. For example, the ERE 'a{1' is
+ treated as 'a\{1'. */
+#define RE_INVALID_INTERVAL_ORD (RE_DEBUG << 1)
+
/* This global variable defines the particular regexp syntax to use (for
some interfaces). When a regexp is compiled, the syntax used is
stored in the pattern buffer, so changing this does not affect
@@ -199,7 +204,8 @@ extern reg_syntax_t re_syntax_options;
| RE_NO_BK_VBAR)
#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EGREP \
- (RE_SYNTAX_EGREP | RE_INTERVALS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES)
+ (RE_SYNTAX_EGREP | RE_INTERVALS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES \
+ | RE_INVALID_INTERVAL_ORD)
/* P1003.2/D11.2, section 4.20.7.1, lines 5078ff. */
#define RE_SYNTAX_ED RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC