java.util.regex

[Wes Biggs]

Hi all,

It's been a while since I've popped my head in, it's good to see some 
familiar names.  Congratulations on the latest release!

With a little gentle prodding by Nic Ferrier, I've implemented the 
java.util.regex package as a facade of gnu.regexp.  Currently it's only 
a Java syntax facade -- the underlying engine assumes Perl-style, not 
JDK 1.4-style, regular expressions.  But for many (most?) cases it's 
drop-in compatible already, and I've tested it with a number of examples.

My goal is to implement the JDK 1.4 regular expression syntax in 
gnu.regexp (gnu.regexp has a concept of predefined RESyntax objects), so 
additional changes to the java.util.regex classes will be minimal.

Any thoughts on getting this into classpath, logistics-wise?  I would 
like to continue to maintain gnu.regexp as a separately releasable 
project; I see the java.util.regex.* classes as bridge classes to its 
API from Classpath.  However, I have no problem relicensing gnu.regexp 
with the exception clause if that would make things easier.

Cheers,

Wes