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Ripgrep (and by extension, vscode) does not have these features for the same reasons. It turns out you can usually find a way of doing what you need without usi
by rozab 6y ago
Ripgrep (and by extension, vscode) does not have these features for the same reasons. It turns out you can usually find a way of doing what you need without using these features. People got by without them for a long time.
- burntsushi 6y agoNote that the default regex engine does not. But ripgrep (including the version of ripgrep bundled with VS Code) does permit being built with PCRE2, which allows one to use the -P/--pcre2 flag to switch regex engines. You can even use '--engine auto' to have ripgrep automatically select the regex engine. With that said, I of course agree with your broader point. To say that regexes are "useless" without look-around/backreferences is absolutely ridiculous.