[Issue 2108] New: regexp.d: The greedy dotstar isn't so greedy

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           Summary: regexp.d: The greedy dotstar isn't so greedy
           Product: D
           Version: 2.012
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: bugzilla at digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: nyphbl8d at gmail.com


As far as I'm aware, ".*" should be greedy by default and become non-greedy
when changed to ".*?".  As it stands now, both ".*" and ".*?" are non-greedy
when it comes to std.regexp and I have found no way to make ".*" greedy, flags
or otherwise.  This can be seen by using
"<packet>text</packet><packet>text</packet>" as the buffer to match against and
"<packet.*/packet>" as the pattern.  When I use this with std.regexp.search, it
only matches the first opening and closing tag instead of the outer set.  I
just hope this isn't my lack of regex-fu coming back to haunt me.


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