With FEATURE_VI_REGEX_SEARCH enabled backward searches don't work.
This is problematic on distros that enable regexes, such as Tiny
Core Linux and Fedora.
When calling GNU re_search() with a negative range parameter
(indicating a backward search) the start offset must be set to
the end of the area being searched.
The return value of re_search() is the offset of the matched pattern
from the start of the area being searched. For a successful search
(positive return value) char_search() can return the pointer to
the start of the area plus the offset.
FEATURE_VI_REGEX_SEARCH isn't enabled by default but when it is:
function old new delta
char_search 256 247 -9
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(add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-9) Total: -9 bytes
Signed-off-by: Andrey Dobrovolsky <andrey.dobrovolsky.odessa@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston <rmy@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
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