2011/10/12 Pau Garcia i Quiles <[email protected]>:
> In QtCore, have only QRegExp. Maybe rename it to QSimpleRegExp. Simple
> regexp support for console-only or GUI-less applications. Should be enough.

this is not just about missing functionality: the current QRegExp is
broken[1], and renaming it won't fix that, nor will it discourage
people from using it.

Apart from the purist's line of thought, it's also very, very slow in
a number of common cases (and really, really slow in some
not-so-common ones). Getting rid of it as much as possible (and
encouraging porting to something less stupid) is something that really
should be done, and now's pretty much the only chance anytime soon to
do that, as leaving it in place implies that it is both good (which it
isn't) and maintained (which it definitely isn't).

thanks,

Robin

[1]: http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/Regexp_engine_in_Qt5
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