Actually I am contemplating adding COBOL and PL/1 support (i.e. call interface and appropriate copybooks/includes) for the IBM supplied functions as well. The main difference between those and PCRE is that the IBM supplied functions are POSIX compliant vs. the Perl compatibility of PCRE. I've mentioned them several times throughout the conversation. I think that the ney sayers will not allow those as well anyway :(
Ze'ev Atlas ________________________________ From: Mike Shaw <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 2:30 PM Subject: Re: ASSEMBLER-LIST Digest - 24 Mar 2014 to 25 Mar 2014 (#2014-55) On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:33 PM, John McKown <[email protected]>wrote: > > You dislike arcane languages and you're on the ASSEMBLER-LIST?!? <GRIN!> > Even the venerable old ISPF EDIT now supports regular expressions in FIND/CHANGE/EXCLUDE commands as of z/OS V2R1; from the ISPF Edit Macros Reference: "A regular expression in a FIND, CHANGE, or EXCLUDE command allows you to search for a string matching a *regular expression*. ISPF uses the IBM® C regcomp and regexec functions to compile and execute a regular expression specified with a FIND, CHANGE, or EXCLUDE command. These are supported by the C runtime library and the C runtime library must be available." Mike Shaw MVS/QuickRef Support Group Chicago-Soft, Ltd.
