> From: Jim.Hyslop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 9:12 PM > To: 'Mark D. Baushke'; Torsten Martinsen > Cc: bug-cvs@gnu.org > Subject: RE: PATCH: A few validate_repo.pl enhancements > > Mark D. Baushke wrote: > > Is it reasonable to exclude ';' from the author field? If so, > > then [^;]+ > > is probably better than [\S\s]+, if not then .+ is probably better. > I'd say it's reasonable, considering that semicolons are used > to indicate > the end of the field. Unless... are there systems that allow > or even require > semicolons in user names?
I wouldn't be surprised if Windows allowed it, but I haven't tried it. IMHO, since allowing ';' would probably break a lot of other stuff, "[^;]+" is a superior solution. -Torsten _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list Bug-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs
