> I plan to include the existing one in the distibution as the code 
> references it.  I would prefer not to see the existing basic 
> match/matchgg/replace/replaceg interfaces change at this stage since
>  I am assuming them in the facade I have implemented with [] syntax.

Don't worry... I had enough sense not to touch the interface. I rewrote
the plugin mainly because the code was a mess.

> OTOH, if you wanted to work on the plugin, possibly people might be 
> interested in new services to access more of the PCRE type interfaces
>  and swtiches for advanced usage.

I'm not exactly eager to work on it but reasonable requests are of
course welcome. Some stuff could indeed be changed easily (such as
submitting different flags to the library).

> BTW, do you know any reason not to distribute the latest Pcre.dll 
> with the plugin?

Well, PCRE has gone through major version changes so, without spending
more time than I'd like to with the documentation, I wouldn't know if
the latest version is 100% compatible.
If someone tested (somewhat extensively) the plugin with the latest
version of PCRE and found no issues, well then, you could obviously ship
the plugin with the latest and greatest PCRE. Be aware that the latest
version of the library is quite a bit larger though.

Renaming the pcre3.dll from PCRE 6.4-1 to pcreposix.dll should be
sufficient to make it work with the plugin... at least it works with the
unreleased version. The thing is, this is a hack (using the wrong
version of the library) and I didn't run proper tests.
I guess I should at least recompile the plugin with the latest PCRE
headers and the latest version of gcc to go with that. The thing is, it
compiles only with links to the regular version of the library and
doesn't care to link to the POSIX version of the library I was
originally using. Then again, asking the compiler to link to both does
affect the output. Go figure. I think should figure out what's going on
before releasing anything... unless of course someone here has a clue.
Please?

One last caveat: the license and copyright holders changed so whoever
wants to distribute newer versions of the PCRE library must also adjust
Luciano's documentation accordingly. Distributing the library without
the stale documentation should be OK as the BSD licence, copyright
notices, and such are embedded in the new .dll file (neat trick!).



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