On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 01:15:01 -0500, Jack Tanner <hotmail.com at ihok> wrote:

> Are there any disadvantages to using cl-ppcre instead of the regular
> ACL engine?

Size: Your image gets bigger, of course. Plus, compiled, fully
optimized, regexes will also use some space if you keep them. You can
control the size with CL-PPCRE:*USE-BMH-MATCHERS*, though.

Speed: I'm not sure but Allegro's own regex engine might be
faster. But then, CL-PPCRE is pretty fast, too. You'll have to check
if it matters for you. If you see a big difference, I'd be interested
to know.

Correctness: CL-PPCRE has been around for a year and is used by many
people AFAIK, but of course there can still be bugs in there. Let me
know if you find one and I'll try to fix it.

> For completeness sake (completeness for my application, that is), is
> there a portable cl-ODBC engine as well?

I only know of CLSQL <http://clsql.b9.com/> but it currently only
supports Allegro's ODBC interface so you won't gain any portability
unless you add some code yourself.

HTH,
Edi.