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Subject: [Bug regex/26725] New: regcomp.c uses unusual syntax for function
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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D26725

            Bug ID: 26725
           Summary: regcomp.c uses unusual syntax for function pointers
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.32
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: regex
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: bruno at clisp dot org
                CC: drepper.fsp at gmail dot com
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Proposed patch

regcomp.c uses a syntax for function pointers that I haven't seen in use
elsewhere in 20 years. It doesn't ease understanding of the code.

Find attached a patch to use the common syntax instead.

See Paul Eggert's opinion on this in
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2020-09/msg00019.html .

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