Should the SPACE grok pattern match zero or more?

[zestysoft]

I noticed that the SPACE grok pattern is currently set to:

SPACE \s*

If it is meant to match whitespace, shouldn't it have a starting point where it matches at least one character? Something like:

SPACE \s+

I've ran into a situation where this pattern was skipped because it allows matching zero spaces.

[kares]

you're right but at this point changing the behavior would be a breaking change,
still LS allows using pattern overrides ... if anyone is unhappy with SPACE behavior

[zestysoft]

I don't use LS anymore