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- From: karl@IMA.ISC.COM (Karl Heuer)
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- In an environment where the digraph "ch" collates as a single element, what
- happens if an attempt is made to match the subject string "chi" with the
- pattern "[c[.ch.]]i" or "[c[.ch.]]hi"? Is the implementation required to
- report a successful match in both cases? If so, it would seem necessary to
- use a nondeterministic finite automaton or equivalent, thus making simple
- regexp matching and filename globbing as complex as egrep pattern matching.
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- If you have an answer that's based on something other than your own intuition,
- please specify which (draft) standard you're referencing.
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- Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@kelp.ima.isc.com or ima!kelp!karl), The Walking Lint
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- Volume-Number: Volume 21, Number 82
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