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2b83a2a4 1/* Definitions for data structures and routines for the regular
3b0bdc72 2 expression library.
94c24227 3 Copyright (C) 1985,1989-93,1995-98,2000,2001,2002,2003
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4 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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54d79e99 7 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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8 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
9 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
10 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
2b83a2a4 11
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12 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
41bdb6e2 15 Lesser General Public License for more details.
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17 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
18 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
19 Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
20 02111-1307 USA. */
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22#ifndef _REGEX_H
23#define _REGEX_H 1
2b83a2a4 24
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25#include <sys/types.h>
26
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27/* Allow the use in C++ code. */
28#ifdef __cplusplus
29extern "C" {
30#endif
31
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32/* POSIX says that <sys/types.h> must be included (by the caller) before
33 <regex.h>. */
34
6973fc01 35#if !defined _POSIX_C_SOURCE && !defined _POSIX_SOURCE && defined VMS
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36/* VMS doesn't have `size_t' in <sys/types.h>, even though POSIX says it
37 should be there. */
6973fc01 38# include <stddef.h>
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39#endif
40
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41/* The following two types have to be signed and unsigned integer type
42 wide enough to hold a value of a pointer. For most ANSI compilers
43 ptrdiff_t and size_t should be likely OK. Still size of these two
44 types is 2 for Microsoft C. Ugh... */
45typedef long int s_reg_t;
46typedef unsigned long int active_reg_t;
47
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48/* The following bits are used to determine the regexp syntax we
49 recognize. The set/not-set meanings are chosen so that Emacs syntax
50 remains the value 0. The bits are given in alphabetical order, and
51 the definitions shifted by one from the previous bit; thus, when we
52 add or remove a bit, only one other definition need change. */
4cca6b86 53typedef unsigned long int reg_syntax_t;
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54
55/* If this bit is not set, then \ inside a bracket expression is literal.
56 If set, then such a \ quotes the following character. */
4cca6b86 57#define RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS ((unsigned long int) 1)
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58
59/* If this bit is not set, then + and ? are operators, and \+ and \? are
54d79e99 60 literals.
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61 If set, then \+ and \? are operators and + and ? are literals. */
62#define RE_BK_PLUS_QM (RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS << 1)
63
64/* If this bit is set, then character classes are supported. They are:
65 [:alpha:], [:upper:], [:lower:], [:digit:], [:alnum:], [:xdigit:],
66 [:space:], [:print:], [:punct:], [:graph:], and [:cntrl:].
67 If not set, then character classes are not supported. */
68#define RE_CHAR_CLASSES (RE_BK_PLUS_QM << 1)
69
70/* If this bit is set, then ^ and $ are always anchors (outside bracket
71 expressions, of course).
72 If this bit is not set, then it depends:
73 ^ is an anchor if it is at the beginning of a regular
74 expression or after an open-group or an alternation operator;
75 $ is an anchor if it is at the end of a regular expression, or
54d79e99 76 before a close-group or an alternation operator.
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77
78 This bit could be (re)combined with RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS, because
79 POSIX draft 11.2 says that * etc. in leading positions is undefined.
80 We already implemented a previous draft which made those constructs
81 invalid, though, so we haven't changed the code back. */
82#define RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS (RE_CHAR_CLASSES << 1)
83
84/* If this bit is set, then special characters are always special
85 regardless of where they are in the pattern.
86 If this bit is not set, then special characters are special only in
54d79e99 87 some contexts; otherwise they are ordinary. Specifically,
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88 * + ? and intervals are only special when not after the beginning,
89 open-group, or alternation operator. */
90#define RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS (RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS << 1)
91
92/* If this bit is set, then *, +, ?, and { cannot be first in an re or
93 immediately after an alternation or begin-group operator. */
94#define RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS (RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS << 1)
95
96/* If this bit is set, then . matches newline.
97 If not set, then it doesn't. */
98#define RE_DOT_NEWLINE (RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS << 1)
99
100/* If this bit is set, then . doesn't match NUL.
101 If not set, then it does. */
102#define RE_DOT_NOT_NULL (RE_DOT_NEWLINE << 1)
103
104/* If this bit is set, nonmatching lists [^...] do not match newline.
105 If not set, they do. */
106#define RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE (RE_DOT_NOT_NULL << 1)
107
108/* If this bit is set, either \{...\} or {...} defines an
54d79e99 109 interval, depending on RE_NO_BK_BRACES.
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110 If not set, \{, \}, {, and } are literals. */
111#define RE_INTERVALS (RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE << 1)
112
113/* If this bit is set, +, ? and | aren't recognized as operators.
114 If not set, they are. */
115#define RE_LIMITED_OPS (RE_INTERVALS << 1)
116
117/* If this bit is set, newline is an alternation operator.
118 If not set, newline is literal. */
119#define RE_NEWLINE_ALT (RE_LIMITED_OPS << 1)
120
121/* If this bit is set, then `{...}' defines an interval, and \{ and \}
122 are literals.
123 If not set, then `\{...\}' defines an interval. */
124#define RE_NO_BK_BRACES (RE_NEWLINE_ALT << 1)
125
126/* If this bit is set, (...) defines a group, and \( and \) are literals.
127 If not set, \(...\) defines a group, and ( and ) are literals. */
128#define RE_NO_BK_PARENS (RE_NO_BK_BRACES << 1)
129
130/* If this bit is set, then \<digit> matches <digit>.
131 If not set, then \<digit> is a back-reference. */
132#define RE_NO_BK_REFS (RE_NO_BK_PARENS << 1)
133
54d79e99 134/* If this bit is set, then | is an alternation operator, and \| is literal.
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135 If not set, then \| is an alternation operator, and | is literal. */
136#define RE_NO_BK_VBAR (RE_NO_BK_REFS << 1)
137
138/* If this bit is set, then an ending range point collating higher
139 than the starting range point, as in [z-a], is invalid.
140 If not set, then when ending range point collates higher than the
141 starting range point, the range is ignored. */
142#define RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES (RE_NO_BK_VBAR << 1)
143
144/* If this bit is set, then an unmatched ) is ordinary.
145 If not set, then an unmatched ) is invalid. */
146#define RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD (RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES << 1)
147
148/* If this bit is set, succeed as soon as we match the whole pattern,
149 without further backtracking. */
150#define RE_NO_POSIX_BACKTRACKING (RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD << 1)
151
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152/* If this bit is set, do not process the GNU regex operators.
153 If not set, then the GNU regex operators are recognized. */
154#define RE_NO_GNU_OPS (RE_NO_POSIX_BACKTRACKING << 1)
155
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156/* If this bit is set, turn on internal regex debugging.
157 If not set, and debugging was on, turn it off.
158 This only works if regex.c is compiled -DDEBUG.
159 We define this bit always, so that all that's needed to turn on
160 debugging is to recompile regex.c; the calling code can always have
161 this bit set, and it won't affect anything in the normal case. */
162#define RE_DEBUG (RE_NO_GNU_OPS << 1)
163
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164/* If this bit is set, a syntactically invalid interval is treated as
165 a string of ordinary characters. For example, the ERE 'a{1' is
166 treated as 'a\{1'. */
167#define RE_INVALID_INTERVAL_ORD (RE_DEBUG << 1)
168
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169/* If this bit is set, then ignore case when matching.
170 If not set, then case is significant. */
171#define RE_ICASE (RE_INVALID_INTERVAL_ORD << 1)
172
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173/* This bit is used internally like RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS but only
174 for ^, because it is difficult to scan the regex backwards to find
175 whether ^ should be special. */
176#define RE_CARET_ANCHORS_HERE (RE_ICASE << 1)
177
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178/* If this bit is set, then \{ cannot be first in an bre or
179 immediately after an alternation or begin-group operator. */
180#define RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_DUP (RE_CARET_ANCHORS_HERE << 1)
181
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182/* This global variable defines the particular regexp syntax to use (for
183 some interfaces). When a regexp is compiled, the syntax used is
184 stored in the pattern buffer, so changing this does not affect
185 already-compiled regexps. */
186extern reg_syntax_t re_syntax_options;
187\f
188/* Define combinations of the above bits for the standard possibilities.
189 (The [[[ comments delimit what gets put into the Texinfo file, so
54d79e99 190 don't delete them!) */
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191/* [[[begin syntaxes]]] */
192#define RE_SYNTAX_EMACS 0
193
194#define RE_SYNTAX_AWK \
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195 (RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS | RE_DOT_NOT_NULL \
196 | RE_NO_BK_PARENS | RE_NO_BK_REFS \
197 | RE_NO_BK_VBAR | RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES \
51702635 198 | RE_DOT_NEWLINE | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS \
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199 | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD | RE_NO_GNU_OPS)
200
201#define RE_SYNTAX_GNU_AWK \
51702635 202 ((RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED | RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS | RE_DEBUG) \
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203 & ~(RE_DOT_NOT_NULL | RE_INTERVALS | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS \
204 | RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS ))
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205
206#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_AWK \
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207 (RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED | RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS \
208 | RE_INTERVALS | RE_NO_GNU_OPS)
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209
210#define RE_SYNTAX_GREP \
211 (RE_BK_PLUS_QM | RE_CHAR_CLASSES \
212 | RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE | RE_INTERVALS \
213 | RE_NEWLINE_ALT)
214
215#define RE_SYNTAX_EGREP \
216 (RE_CHAR_CLASSES | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS \
217 | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS | RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE \
218 | RE_NEWLINE_ALT | RE_NO_BK_PARENS \
219 | RE_NO_BK_VBAR)
220
221#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EGREP \
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222 (RE_SYNTAX_EGREP | RE_INTERVALS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES \
223 | RE_INVALID_INTERVAL_ORD)
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224
225/* P1003.2/D11.2, section 4.20.7.1, lines 5078ff. */
226#define RE_SYNTAX_ED RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC
227
228#define RE_SYNTAX_SED RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC
229
230/* Syntax bits common to both basic and extended POSIX regex syntax. */
231#define _RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON \
232 (RE_CHAR_CLASSES | RE_DOT_NEWLINE | RE_DOT_NOT_NULL \
233 | RE_INTERVALS | RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES)
234
235#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC \
06e8303a 236 (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_BK_PLUS_QM | RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_DUP)
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237
238/* Differs from ..._POSIX_BASIC only in that RE_BK_PLUS_QM becomes
239 RE_LIMITED_OPS, i.e., \? \+ \| are not recognized. Actually, this
240 isn't minimal, since other operators, such as \`, aren't disabled. */
241#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_MINIMAL_BASIC \
242 (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_LIMITED_OPS)
243
244#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED \
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245 (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS \
246 | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES \
247 | RE_NO_BK_PARENS | RE_NO_BK_VBAR \
248 | RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD)
2b83a2a4 249
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250/* Differs from ..._POSIX_EXTENDED in that RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS is
251 removed and RE_NO_BK_REFS is added. */
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252#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_MINIMAL_EXTENDED \
253 (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS \
254 | RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES \
255 | RE_NO_BK_PARENS | RE_NO_BK_REFS \
256 | RE_NO_BK_VBAR | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD)
257/* [[[end syntaxes]]] */
258\f
259/* Maximum number of duplicates an interval can allow. Some systems
260 (erroneously) define this in other header files, but we want our
261 value, so remove any previous define. */
262#ifdef RE_DUP_MAX
6973fc01 263# undef RE_DUP_MAX
2b83a2a4 264#endif
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265/* If sizeof(int) == 2, then ((1 << 15) - 1) overflows. */
266#define RE_DUP_MAX (0x7fff)
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267
268
269/* POSIX `cflags' bits (i.e., information for `regcomp'). */
270
271/* If this bit is set, then use extended regular expression syntax.
272 If not set, then use basic regular expression syntax. */
273#define REG_EXTENDED 1
274
275/* If this bit is set, then ignore case when matching.
276 If not set, then case is significant. */
277#define REG_ICASE (REG_EXTENDED << 1)
54d79e99 278
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279/* If this bit is set, then anchors do not match at newline
280 characters in the string.
281 If not set, then anchors do match at newlines. */
282#define REG_NEWLINE (REG_ICASE << 1)
283
284/* If this bit is set, then report only success or fail in regexec.
285 If not set, then returns differ between not matching and errors. */
286#define REG_NOSUB (REG_NEWLINE << 1)
287
288
289/* POSIX `eflags' bits (i.e., information for regexec). */
290
291/* If this bit is set, then the beginning-of-line operator doesn't match
292 the beginning of the string (presumably because it's not the
293 beginning of a line).
294 If not set, then the beginning-of-line operator does match the
295 beginning of the string. */
296#define REG_NOTBOL 1
297
298/* Like REG_NOTBOL, except for the end-of-line. */
299#define REG_NOTEOL (1 << 1)
300
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301/* Use PMATCH[0] to delimit the start and end of the search in the
302 buffer. */
303#define REG_STARTEND (1 << 2)
304
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305
306/* If any error codes are removed, changed, or added, update the
307 `re_error_msg' table in regex.c. */
308typedef enum
309{
e918a7fe 310#ifdef _XOPEN_SOURCE
4bae5567 311 REG_ENOSYS = -1, /* This will never happen for this implementation. */
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312#endif
313
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314 REG_NOERROR = 0, /* Success. */
315 REG_NOMATCH, /* Didn't find a match (for regexec). */
316
317 /* POSIX regcomp return error codes. (In the order listed in the
318 standard.) */
319 REG_BADPAT, /* Invalid pattern. */
df759c2a 320 REG_ECOLLATE, /* Inalid collating element. */
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321 REG_ECTYPE, /* Invalid character class name. */
322 REG_EESCAPE, /* Trailing backslash. */
323 REG_ESUBREG, /* Invalid back reference. */
324 REG_EBRACK, /* Unmatched left bracket. */
54d79e99 325 REG_EPAREN, /* Parenthesis imbalance. */
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326 REG_EBRACE, /* Unmatched \{. */
327 REG_BADBR, /* Invalid contents of \{\}. */
328 REG_ERANGE, /* Invalid range end. */
329 REG_ESPACE, /* Ran out of memory. */
330 REG_BADRPT, /* No preceding re for repetition op. */
331
332 /* Error codes we've added. */
333 REG_EEND, /* Premature end. */
334 REG_ESIZE, /* Compiled pattern bigger than 2^16 bytes. */
335 REG_ERPAREN /* Unmatched ) or \); not returned from regcomp. */
336} reg_errcode_t;
337\f
338/* This data structure represents a compiled pattern. Before calling
339 the pattern compiler, the fields `buffer', `allocated', `fastmap',
340 `translate', and `no_sub' can be set. After the pattern has been
341 compiled, the `re_nsub' field is available. All other fields are
342 private to the regex routines. */
343
54d79e99 344#ifndef RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE
6973fc01 345# define RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE char *
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346#endif
347
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348struct re_pattern_buffer
349{
350/* [[[begin pattern_buffer]]] */
351 /* Space that holds the compiled pattern. It is declared as
352 `unsigned char *' because its elements are
353 sometimes used as array indexes. */
354 unsigned char *buffer;
355
356 /* Number of bytes to which `buffer' points. */
51702635 357 unsigned long int allocated;
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358
359 /* Number of bytes actually used in `buffer'. */
51702635 360 unsigned long int used;
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361
362 /* Syntax setting with which the pattern was compiled. */
363 reg_syntax_t syntax;
364
365 /* Pointer to a fastmap, if any, otherwise zero. re_search uses
366 the fastmap, if there is one, to skip over impossible
367 starting points for matches. */
368 char *fastmap;
369
370 /* Either a translate table to apply to all characters before
371 comparing them, or zero for no translation. The translation
372 is applied to a pattern when it is compiled and to a string
373 when it is matched. */
03a75825 374 RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE translate;
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375
376 /* Number of subexpressions found by the compiler. */
377 size_t re_nsub;
378
379 /* Zero if this pattern cannot match the empty string, one else.
380 Well, in truth it's used only in `re_search_2', to see
381 whether or not we should use the fastmap, so we don't set
382 this absolutely perfectly; see `re_compile_fastmap' (the
383 `duplicate' case). */
384 unsigned can_be_null : 1;
385
386 /* If REGS_UNALLOCATED, allocate space in the `regs' structure
387 for `max (RE_NREGS, re_nsub + 1)' groups.
388 If REGS_REALLOCATE, reallocate space if necessary.
389 If REGS_FIXED, use what's there. */
390#define REGS_UNALLOCATED 0
391#define REGS_REALLOCATE 1
392#define REGS_FIXED 2
393 unsigned regs_allocated : 2;
394
395 /* Set to zero when `regex_compile' compiles a pattern; set to one
396 by `re_compile_fastmap' if it updates the fastmap. */
397 unsigned fastmap_accurate : 1;
398
399 /* If set, `re_match_2' does not return information about
400 subexpressions. */
401 unsigned no_sub : 1;
402
403 /* If set, a beginning-of-line anchor doesn't match at the
54d79e99 404 beginning of the string. */
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405 unsigned not_bol : 1;
406
407 /* Similarly for an end-of-line anchor. */
408 unsigned not_eol : 1;
409
410 /* If true, an anchor at a newline matches. */
411 unsigned newline_anchor : 1;
412
413/* [[[end pattern_buffer]]] */
414};
415
416typedef struct re_pattern_buffer regex_t;
417\f
418/* Type for byte offsets within the string. POSIX mandates this. */
419typedef int regoff_t;
420
421
422/* This is the structure we store register match data in. See
423 regex.texinfo for a full description of what registers match. */
424struct re_registers
425{
426 unsigned num_regs;
427 regoff_t *start;
428 regoff_t *end;
429};
430
431
432/* If `regs_allocated' is REGS_UNALLOCATED in the pattern buffer,
433 `re_match_2' returns information about at least this many registers
434 the first time a `regs' structure is passed. */
435#ifndef RE_NREGS
6973fc01 436# define RE_NREGS 30
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437#endif
438
439
440/* POSIX specification for registers. Aside from the different names than
441 `re_registers', POSIX uses an array of structures, instead of a
442 structure of arrays. */
443typedef struct
444{
445 regoff_t rm_so; /* Byte offset from string's start to substring's start. */
446 regoff_t rm_eo; /* Byte offset from string's start to substring's end. */
447} regmatch_t;
448\f
449/* Declarations for routines. */
450
451/* To avoid duplicating every routine declaration -- once with a
452 prototype (if we are ANSI), and once without (if we aren't) -- we
453 use the following macro to declare argument types. This
454 unfortunately clutters up the declarations a bit, but I think it's
455 worth it. */
456
457#if __STDC__
458
6973fc01 459# define _RE_ARGS(args) args
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460
461#else /* not __STDC__ */
462
6973fc01 463# define _RE_ARGS(args) ()
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464
465#endif /* not __STDC__ */
466
467/* Sets the current default syntax to SYNTAX, and return the old syntax.
468 You can also simply assign to the `re_syntax_options' variable. */
469extern reg_syntax_t re_set_syntax _RE_ARGS ((reg_syntax_t syntax));
470
471/* Compile the regular expression PATTERN, with length LENGTH
472 and syntax given by the global `re_syntax_options', into the buffer
473 BUFFER. Return NULL if successful, and an error string if not. */
474extern const char *re_compile_pattern
4cca6b86 475 _RE_ARGS ((const char *pattern, size_t length,
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476 struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer));
477
478
479/* Compile a fastmap for the compiled pattern in BUFFER; used to
480 accelerate searches. Return 0 if successful and -2 if was an
481 internal error. */
482extern int re_compile_fastmap _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer));
483
484
485/* Search in the string STRING (with length LENGTH) for the pattern
486 compiled into BUFFER. Start searching at position START, for RANGE
487 characters. Return the starting position of the match, -1 for no
488 match, or -2 for an internal error. Also return register
489 information in REGS (if REGS and BUFFER->no_sub are nonzero). */
490extern int re_search
491 _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string,
492 int length, int start, int range, struct re_registers *regs));
493
494
495/* Like `re_search', but search in the concatenation of STRING1 and
496 STRING2. Also, stop searching at index START + STOP. */
497extern int re_search_2
498 _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string1,
499 int length1, const char *string2, int length2,
500 int start, int range, struct re_registers *regs, int stop));
501
502
503/* Like `re_search', but return how many characters in STRING the regexp
504 in BUFFER matched, starting at position START. */
505extern int re_match
506 _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string,
507 int length, int start, struct re_registers *regs));
508
509
510/* Relates to `re_match' as `re_search_2' relates to `re_search'. */
54d79e99 511extern int re_match_2
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512 _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string1,
513 int length1, const char *string2, int length2,
514 int start, struct re_registers *regs, int stop));
515
516
517/* Set REGS to hold NUM_REGS registers, storing them in STARTS and
518 ENDS. Subsequent matches using BUFFER and REGS will use this memory
519 for recording register information. STARTS and ENDS must be
520 allocated with malloc, and must each be at least `NUM_REGS * sizeof
521 (regoff_t)' bytes long.
522
523 If NUM_REGS == 0, then subsequent matches should allocate their own
524 register data.
525
526 Unless this function is called, the first search or match using
527 PATTERN_BUFFER will allocate its own register data, without
528 freeing the old data. */
529extern void re_set_registers
530 _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, struct re_registers *regs,
531 unsigned num_regs, regoff_t *starts, regoff_t *ends));
532
b77e6cd6 533#if defined _REGEX_RE_COMP || defined _LIBC
6973fc01 534# ifndef _CRAY
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535/* 4.2 bsd compatibility. */
536extern char *re_comp _RE_ARGS ((const char *));
537extern int re_exec _RE_ARGS ((const char *));
6973fc01 538# endif
4cca6b86 539#endif
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541/* GCC 2.95 and later have "__restrict"; C99 compilers have
542 "restrict", and "configure" may have defined "restrict". */
543#ifndef __restrict
544# if ! (2 < __GNUC__ || (2 == __GNUC__ && 95 <= __GNUC_MINOR__))
545# if defined restrict || 199901L <= __STDC_VERSION__
546# define __restrict restrict
547# else
548# define __restrict
549# endif
550# endif
da2a3ca6 551#endif
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552/* gcc 3.1 and up support the [restrict] syntax. */
553#ifndef __restrict_arr
554# if __GNUC__ > 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)
555# define __restrict_arr __restrict
556# else
557# define __restrict_arr
558# endif
559#endif
7ca404ad 560
2b83a2a4 561/* POSIX compatibility. */
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562extern int regcomp _RE_ARGS ((regex_t *__restrict __preg,
563 const char *__restrict __pattern,
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564 int __cflags));
565
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566extern int regexec _RE_ARGS ((const regex_t *__restrict __preg,
567 const char *__restrict __string, size_t __nmatch,
568 regmatch_t __pmatch[__restrict_arr],
569 int __eflags));
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571extern size_t regerror _RE_ARGS ((int __errcode, const regex_t *__preg,
572 char *__errbuf, size_t __errbuf_size));
573
30baa360 574extern void regfree _RE_ARGS ((regex_t *__preg));
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576
577#ifdef __cplusplus
578}
579#endif /* C++ */
580
5107cf1d 581#endif /* regex.h */
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582\f
583/*
584Local variables:
585make-backup-files: t
586version-control: t
587trim-versions-without-asking: nil
588End:
589*/