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Re: [ANN] RegexKit - An Objective-C Framework for Regular Expressions Using the PCRE Library
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Re: [ANN] RegexKit - An Objective-C Framework for Regular Expressions Using the PCRE Library


  • Subject: Re: [ANN] RegexKit - An Objective-C Framework for Regular Expressions Using the PCRE Library
  • From: John Stiles <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:46:50 -0700

Hmm. Well, that's a reasonable obstacle. But still, it seems as if Apple could have implemented it the "slow" way for now (where it converts each string to a buffer before regex'ing it), and then once this bug gets implemented, convert the OS to use the "fast" way. That way the API could internally be improved over time while the interface stays the same.

Or is there another reason why it couldn't be done this way...?

Also, FWIW, there are plenty of internal Apple projects which already mix regular expressions and NSStrings—Xcode comes to mind—so again, it doesn't seem like a total blocker. Just maybe a short-term perf issue.


On Sep 10, 2007, at 7:09 PM, Deborah Goldsmith wrote:

We definitely want this to happen, but it's a lot of work. This is the current roadblock:

http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/4521

Please note the number of weeks estimated for implementation.

Sorry for the long wait...

Deborah Goldsmith
Internationalization, Unicode Liaison
Apple Inc.
email@hidden

On Sep 6, 2007, at 7:32 AM, Mark Munz wrote:

Come on. 64b support is different than flashy animations and you know it.

Apple has a habit of making every developer repeat the same basic work
that should be part of the system. Even with ICU included, you still
have to jump through a number of hoops to use it with NSStrings. They
know it (based on a conversation I had in 2006 at WWDC).


Rather than fix the problem once, they basically force each developer
to "fix" the problem. And this is a pattern that is decades old.

On 9/6/07, Shawn Erickson <email@hidden> wrote:

On Sep 6, 2007, at 7:05 AM, Mark Munz wrote:

and Apple
apparently doesn't feel addressing this issue is more important than
animating the views as they slide around the screen.

Yeah also why did they waste time adding 64b support when the could have been adding something a developer could have picked up themselves if they really needed it.

-Shawn



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Mark Munz
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http://www.unmarked.com/
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