joddie/pcre2el

Invalid conversion between elisp and pcre

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stettberger commented 
ELISP> (rxt-elisp-to-pcre (rx-to-string '(optional (0+ " "))))
" *?"
ELISP> (rx-to-string '(optional (0+ " ")))
"\\(?:\\(?: *\\)?\\)"
ELISP>

*? is the non-greedy repeat operator, not the optional + greedy repeat.