On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 07:20:42PM -0700, Tim Bray wrote: > Why are the regex-related routine declarations splashed across > httpd.h and ap_regex.h?
Because httpd brings its own copy of pcre and needs to wrap it somehow. > And why are they ap_ > instead of apr_? Because it is in httpd source, not in apr. A move to apr has been suggested, but not all agreed that it would be useful to have pcre support in apr (and admittedly there wouldn't be much portability in it) > And why is it so hard to find any documentation on > them? Fortunately the code is pretty easy to read... -Tim If there is anything official, then it should be there in the source as doxygen (make docx iirc). vh Mads Toftum -- http://soulfood.dk
