Re: Pcre Binding

[nnposter () users sourceforge net]

devin bjelland wrote:
> Since no scripts are still using the Pcre binding, and Lpeg does everything
> it does, I propose removing the NSE binding for Pcre. I'm interested to
> know what people think of this (i.e. do you have some secret super awesome
> thing that you use the Pcre binding for).

The PCRE/lpeg conversion broke telnet-brute.nse. A cursory look at the
script code shows that some unwarranted liberties were taken when
re-inventing the match patterns. IMHO it is not appropriate to do so
unless the person can in fact validate that the patterns are still
working as expected. Put differently, either the new patterns should be
functionally equal or the legacy PCRE bindings should not be messed
with for the time being.

Cheers,
nnposter
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