Re: --enable-pcre and regex comparison (Was: make check problem)

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 22,  2:04pm, Lawrence Velazquez wrote:
} Subject: --enable-pcre and regex comparison (Was: make check problem)
}
} On Jan 22, 2015, at 12:56 PM, Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
} 
} > It's special because it's extremely non-standard and changes the meaning
} > of the expressions on the right-hand-side of the =~ comparison, so if
} > unknowingly enabled it might break scripts.
} 
} But doesn't that only take effect if RE_MATCH_PCRE is set?

True; that setopt is more recent than the existence of the module, I think.
Still the point is that somebody might not want pcre automatically added
just because the headers+libraries can be found.