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Author	mrabarnett
Recipients	ezio.melotti, jpfisher, mrabarnett
Date	2014-08-01.21:19:27
SpamBayes Score	-1.0
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Message-id	<1406927967.71.0.329496082291.issue22119@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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In a regex, '+' is a metacharacter meaning "repeated one or more times". "libstdc+" will match "libstd" followed by "c" repeated one or more times. "libstdc++" will match "libstd" followed by "c" repeated one or more times, but then there's another "+", which it takes to mean that you want the repeat to be repeated, hence the exception. '*' is also a metacharacter, this one meaning "repeated zero or more times". In summary, not a bug.

In a regex, '+' is a metacharacter meaning "repeated one or more times".

"libstdc+" will match "libstd" followed by "c" repeated one or more times.

"libstdc++" will match "libstd" followed by "c" repeated one or more times, but then there's another "+", which it takes to mean that you want the repeat to be repeated, hence the exception.

'*' is also a metacharacter, this one meaning "repeated zero or more times".

In summary, not a bug.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2014-08-01 21:19:27	mrabarnett	set	recipients: + mrabarnett, ezio.melotti, jpfisher
2014-08-01 21:19:27	mrabarnett	set	messageid: <1406927967.71.0.329496082291.issue22119@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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