[CentOS] pcre vs. regexp for Postfix checks
Bill Campbell
centos at celestial.com
Mon Dec 3 22:21:30 UTC 2007
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007, Miark wrote:
>What are your opinions on pcre vs regexp for header_, body_, and
>mime_checks in Postfix?
>
>I looked at the regexp_table and prce_table man pages, and see
>almost no difference other than the available flags.
The main difference is that pcre uses the same regular expression
syntax as perl and python. I consider this an advantage as I've
been using this syntax for the better part of 20 years, and don't
have to remember how other systems handle REs (which is a major
part of my reason for starting to use perl in the late '80s).
Bill
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