# [SERVER] ALPHA release of LambdaMOO server 1.7.9

Pavel Curtis (pavel@parc.xerox.com)
Fri, 29 Sep 1995 13:49:59 PDT

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    Gustavo Glusman writes:
    > How about a temporary patch to the regex code, that would warn to the log
    > when 'wrong' regexps are used? Or, similarly, to the rx code, for
    > 'suspicious' regexps?

    Unfortunately, there are two reasons why I can't do this.  The first, and
    probably most significant, is that this sort of detection would have to be
    pretty deeply embedded in the RX code, a prospect I don't relish.  Second, you
    can't tell from the pattern alone whether or not things are bad; it depends on
    the use to which the programmer puts the result.

    	Pavel