[erlang-patches] Improvements in the Report Browser

[Björn Gustavsson]

2010/1/4 Björn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@REDACTED>:
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Videla Alvaro <videlalvaro@REDACTED> wrote:
>
>> http://github.com/videlalvaro/otp/tree/va/rb-improvements
>
> Thanks! Included in 'pu'.

We have now reviewed this patch. In order to include it in the next release,
the following changes must be made:

* There is no need for a new function to replace rb:grep/1. Since rb:grep/1 is
(usually) used manually to browse reports, the minor potential incompatibility
introduced by changing the regular expression engine is acceptable even in
a minor release. Therefore, rb:grep/1 should be changed to use the re module.

* It must not be a requirement to pass a compiled regular expression. rb:grep/1
should still accept a string, and automatically compile it. It could
also optionally
allow a compiled regular expression. (The new rb:filter/1 function should work
in the same way.)

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Björn Gustavsson, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB