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Bug 4022 - Regex patterns containing \b
Summary: Regex patterns containing \b
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: XML Schema Test Suite
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Microsoft tests (show other bugs)
Version: 2006-11-06
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Henry S. Thompson
QA Contact: XML Schema Test Suite mailing list
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Whiteboard: confirmed metadata update 2008-11-01
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Reported: 2006-11-24 18:04 UTC by Michael Kay
Modified: 2008-11-02 16:33 UTC (History)
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Description Michael Kay 2006-11-24 18:04:54 UTC 
The escape \b or \B is not allowed in the XML Schema regular expression syntax.
The following tests in TestSet MS-Regex2006-07-15 break this rule. The tests
are wrongly described as valid.

RegexTest_218
RegexTest_220
RegexTest_221
RegexTest_222
RegexTest_226
RegexTest_230
RegexTest_232
RegexTest_233
RegexTest_516
RegexTest_524
RegexTest_594
RegexTest_595
RegexTest_596
RegexTest_597
RegexTest_598
RegexTest_599
RegexTest_600
RegexTest_601
RegexTest_602
RegexTest_603
RegexTest_604
RegexTest_605
RegexTest_640
RegexTest_773
RegexTest_1078
RegexTest_1079
RegexTest_1080
RegexTest_1081
RegexTest_1082
RegexTest_1083
RegexTest_1084
RegexTest_1085
RegexTest_1086
RegexTest_1087
RegexTest_1088
RegexTest_1089
RegexTest_1124
RegexTest_1257
Comment 1 Michael Kay 2008-06-21 14:32:44 UTC 
640, 773, 1124, and 1257 should not be in this list: these use "a\\b" which is a valid regular expression. All the others are invalid.
Comment 2 Henry S. Thompson 2008-11-02 16:33:01 UTC 
Moved metadata for 640, 773, 1124, and 1257 back to stable per earlier decision