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diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/boost-regex.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/boost-regex.md deleted file mode 100644 index c541434d0..000000000 --- a/doc/manual/rl-next/boost-regex.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,37 +0,0 @@ ---- -synopsis: Replace regex engine with boost::regex -issues: [fj#34, fj#476] -cls: [1821] -category: Fixes -credits: [sugar] ---- - -Previously, the C++ standard regex expression library was used, the -behaviour of which varied depending on the platform. This has been -replaced with the Boost regex library, which works identically across -platforms. - -The visible behaviour of the regex functions doesn't change. While -the new library has more features, Lix will reject regular expressions -using them. - -This also fixes regex matching reporting stack overflow when matching -on too much data. - -Before: - - nix-repl> builtins.match ".*" ( - builtins.concatStringsSep "" ( - builtins.genList (_: "a") 1000000 - ) - ) - error: stack overflow (possible infinite recursion) - -After: - - nix-repl> builtins.match ".*" ( - builtins.concatStringsSep "" ( - builtins.genList (_: "a") 1000000 - ) - ) - [ ] |