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regexp: considers "\Q\E*" as valid regexp #11187

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dvyukov opened this issue Jun 12, 2015 · 4 comments
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regexp: considers "\Q\E*" as valid regexp #11187

dvyukov opened this issue Jun 12, 2015 · 4 comments
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dvyukov commented Jun 12, 2015

Regexp package successfully compiles "\Q\E_", while re2 says:
re2/re2.cc:202: Error parsing '\Q\E_': no argument for repetition operator: *

Who is right here? What is the reason for difference?

go version devel +b0532a9 Mon Jun 8 05:13:15 2015 +0000 linux/amd64
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dvyukov commented Jun 12, 2015

Similar case is "\Q\E{2}"

@ianlancetaylor ianlancetaylor added this to the Go1.6 milestone Jun 12, 2015
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rsc commented Oct 14, 2015

Perl and RE2 both reject \Q\E*, so I suppose Go should too, although I don't see how it is really different from (?:)*.

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rsc commented Nov 5, 2015

Now I see it. (?:) is a group.

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CL https://golang.org/cl/17233 mentions this issue.

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