1 /* Definitions for data structures and routines for the regular
2 expression library, version 0.12.
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24 #ifndef __REGEXP_LIBRARY_H__
25 #define __REGEXP_LIBRARY_H__
27 /* POSIX says that <sys/types.h> must be included (by the caller) before
30 #if !defined (_POSIX_C_SOURCE) && !defined (_POSIX_SOURCE) && defined (VMS)
31 /* VMS doesn't have `size_t' in <sys/types.h>, even though POSIX says it
37 /* The following bits are used to determine the regexp syntax we
38 recognize. The set/not-set meanings are chosen so that Emacs syntax
39 remains the value 0. The bits are given in alphabetical order, and
40 the definitions shifted by one from the previous bit; thus, when we
41 add or remove a bit, only one other definition need change. */
42 typedef unsigned reg_syntax_t;
44 /* If this bit is not set, then \ inside a bracket expression is literal.
45 If set, then such a \ quotes the following character. */
46 #define RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS (1)
48 /* If this bit is not set, then + and ? are operators, and \+ and \? are
50 If set, then \+ and \? are operators and + and ? are literals. */
51 #define RE_BK_PLUS_QM (RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS << 1)
53 /* If this bit is set, then character classes are supported. They are:
54 [:alpha:], [:upper:], [:lower:], [:digit:], [:alnum:], [:xdigit:],
55 [:space:], [:print:], [:punct:], [:graph:], and [:cntrl:].
56 If not set, then character classes are not supported. */
57 #define RE_CHAR_CLASSES (RE_BK_PLUS_QM << 1)
59 /* If this bit is set, then ^ and $ are always anchors (outside bracket
60 expressions, of course).
61 If this bit is not set, then it depends:
62 ^ is an anchor if it is at the beginning of a regular
63 expression or after an open-group or an alternation operator;
64 $ is an anchor if it is at the end of a regular expression, or
65 before a close-group or an alternation operator.
67 This bit could be (re)combined with RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS, because
68 POSIX draft 11.2 says that * etc. in leading positions is undefined.
69 We already implemented a previous draft which made those constructs
70 invalid, though, so we haven't changed the code back. */
71 #define RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS (RE_CHAR_CLASSES << 1)
73 /* If this bit is set, then special characters are always special
74 regardless of where they are in the pattern.
75 If this bit is not set, then special characters are special only in
76 some contexts; otherwise they are ordinary. Specifically,
77 * + ? and intervals are only special when not after the beginning,
78 open-group, or alternation operator. */
79 #define RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS (RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS << 1)
81 /* If this bit is set, then *, +, ?, and { cannot be first in an re or
82 immediately after an alternation or begin-group operator. */
83 #define RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS (RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS << 1)
85 /* If this bit is set, then . matches newline.
86 If not set, then it doesn't. */
87 #define RE_DOT_NEWLINE (RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS << 1)
89 /* If this bit is set, then . doesn't match NUL.
90 If not set, then it does. */
91 #define RE_DOT_NOT_NULL (RE_DOT_NEWLINE << 1)
93 /* If this bit is set, nonmatching lists [^...] do not match newline.
94 If not set, they do. */
95 #define RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE (RE_DOT_NOT_NULL << 1)
97 /* If this bit is set, either \{...\} or {...} defines an
98 interval, depending on RE_NO_BK_BRACES.
99 If not set, \{, \}, {, and } are literals. */
100 #define RE_INTERVALS (RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE << 1)
102 /* If this bit is set, +, ? and | aren't recognized as operators.
103 If not set, they are. */
104 #define RE_LIMITED_OPS (RE_INTERVALS << 1)
106 /* If this bit is set, newline is an alternation operator.
107 If not set, newline is literal. */
108 #define RE_NEWLINE_ALT (RE_LIMITED_OPS << 1)
110 /* If this bit is set, then `{...}' defines an interval, and \{ and \}
112 If not set, then `\{...\}' defines an interval. */
113 #define RE_NO_BK_BRACES (RE_NEWLINE_ALT << 1)
115 /* If this bit is set, (...) defines a group, and \( and \) are literals.
116 If not set, \(...\) defines a group, and ( and ) are literals. */
117 #define RE_NO_BK_PARENS (RE_NO_BK_BRACES << 1)
119 /* If this bit is set, then \<digit> matches <digit>.
120 If not set, then \<digit> is a back-reference. */
121 #define RE_NO_BK_REFS (RE_NO_BK_PARENS << 1)
123 /* If this bit is set, then | is an alternation operator, and \| is literal.
124 If not set, then \| is an alternation operator, and | is literal. */
125 #define RE_NO_BK_VBAR (RE_NO_BK_REFS << 1)
127 /* If this bit is set, then an ending range point collating higher
128 than the starting range point, as in [z-a], is invalid.
129 If not set, then when ending range point collates higher than the
130 starting range point, the range is ignored. */
131 #define RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES (RE_NO_BK_VBAR << 1)
133 /* If this bit is set, then an unmatched ) is ordinary.
134 If not set, then an unmatched ) is invalid. */
135 #define RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD (RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES << 1)
137 /* If this bit is set, succeed as soon as we match the whole pattern,
138 without further backtracking. */
139 #define RE_NO_POSIX_BACKTRACKING (RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD << 1)
141 /* This global variable defines the particular regexp syntax to use (for
142 some interfaces). When a regexp is compiled, the syntax used is
143 stored in the pattern buffer, so changing this does not affect
144 already-compiled regexps. */
145 extern reg_syntax_t re_syntax_options;
147 /* Define combinations of the above bits for the standard possibilities.
148 (The [[[ comments delimit what gets put into the Texinfo file, so
149 don't delete them!) */
150 /* [[[begin syntaxes]]] */
151 #define RE_SYNTAX_EMACS 0
153 #define RE_SYNTAX_AWK \
154 (RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS | RE_DOT_NOT_NULL \
155 | RE_NO_BK_PARENS | RE_NO_BK_REFS \
156 | RE_NO_BK_VBAR | RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES \
157 | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD)
159 #define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_AWK \
160 (RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED | RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS)
162 #define RE_SYNTAX_GREP \
163 (RE_BK_PLUS_QM | RE_CHAR_CLASSES \
164 | RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE | RE_INTERVALS \
167 #define RE_SYNTAX_EGREP \
168 (RE_CHAR_CLASSES | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS \
169 | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS | RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE \
170 | RE_NEWLINE_ALT | RE_NO_BK_PARENS \
173 #define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EGREP \
174 (RE_SYNTAX_EGREP | RE_INTERVALS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES)
176 /* P1003.2/D11.2, section 4.20.7.1, lines 5078ff. */
177 #define RE_SYNTAX_ED RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC
179 #define RE_SYNTAX_SED RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC
181 /* Syntax bits common to both basic and extended POSIX regex syntax. */
182 #define _RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON \
183 (RE_CHAR_CLASSES | RE_DOT_NEWLINE | RE_DOT_NOT_NULL \
184 | RE_INTERVALS | RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES)
186 #define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC \
187 (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_BK_PLUS_QM)
189 /* Differs from ..._POSIX_BASIC only in that RE_BK_PLUS_QM becomes
190 RE_LIMITED_OPS, i.e., \? \+ \| are not recognized. Actually, this
191 isn't minimal, since other operators, such as \`, aren't disabled. */
192 #define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_MINIMAL_BASIC \
193 (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_LIMITED_OPS)
195 #define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED \
196 (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS \
197 | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES \
198 | RE_NO_BK_PARENS | RE_NO_BK_VBAR \
199 | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD)
201 /* Differs from ..._POSIX_EXTENDED in that RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS
202 replaces RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS and RE_NO_BK_REFS is added. */
203 #define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_MINIMAL_EXTENDED \
204 (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS \
205 | RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES \
206 | RE_NO_BK_PARENS | RE_NO_BK_REFS \
207 | RE_NO_BK_VBAR | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD)
208 /* [[[end syntaxes]]] */
210 /* Maximum number of duplicates an interval can allow. Some systems
211 (erroneously) define this in other header files, but we want our
212 value, so remove any previous define. */
216 #define RE_DUP_MAX ((1 << 15) - 1)
219 /* POSIX `cflags' bits (i.e., information for `regcomp'). */
221 /* If this bit is set, then use extended regular expression syntax.
222 If not set, then use basic regular expression syntax. */
223 #define REG_EXTENDED 1
225 /* If this bit is set, then ignore case when matching.
226 If not set, then case is significant. */
227 #define REG_ICASE (REG_EXTENDED << 1)
229 /* If this bit is set, then anchors do not match at newline
230 characters in the string.
231 If not set, then anchors do match at newlines. */
232 #define REG_NEWLINE (REG_ICASE << 1)
234 /* If this bit is set, then report only success or fail in regexec.
235 If not set, then returns differ between not matching and errors. */
236 #define REG_NOSUB (REG_NEWLINE << 1)
239 /* POSIX `eflags' bits (i.e., information for regexec). */
241 /* If this bit is set, then the beginning-of-line operator doesn't match
242 the beginning of the string (presumably because it's not the
243 beginning of a line).
244 If not set, then the beginning-of-line operator does match the
245 beginning of the string. */
248 /* Like REG_NOTBOL, except for the end-of-line. */
249 #define REG_NOTEOL (1 << 1)
252 /* If any error codes are removed, changed, or added, update the
253 `re_error_msg' table in regex.c. */
256 REG_NOERROR = 0, /* Success. */
257 REG_NOMATCH, /* Didn't find a match (for regexec). */
259 /* POSIX regcomp return error codes. (In the order listed in the
261 REG_BADPAT, /* Invalid pattern. */
262 REG_ECOLLATE, /* Not implemented. */
263 REG_ECTYPE, /* Invalid character class name. */
264 REG_EESCAPE, /* Trailing backslash. */
265 REG_ESUBREG, /* Invalid back reference. */
266 REG_EBRACK, /* Unmatched left bracket. */
267 REG_EPAREN, /* Parenthesis imbalance. */
268 REG_EBRACE, /* Unmatched \{. */
269 REG_BADBR, /* Invalid contents of \{\}. */
270 REG_ERANGE, /* Invalid range end. */
271 REG_ESPACE, /* Ran out of memory. */
272 REG_BADRPT, /* No preceding re for repetition op. */
274 /* Error codes we've added. */
275 REG_EEND, /* Premature end. */
276 REG_ESIZE, /* Compiled pattern bigger than 2^16 bytes. */
277 REG_ERPAREN /* Unmatched ) or \); not returned from regcomp. */
280 /* This data structure represents a compiled pattern. Before calling
281 the pattern compiler, the fields `buffer', `allocated', `fastmap',
282 `translate', and `no_sub' can be set. After the pattern has been
283 compiled, the `re_nsub' field is available. All other fields are
284 private to the regex routines. */
286 struct re_pattern_buffer
288 /* [[[begin pattern_buffer]]] */
289 /* Space that holds the compiled pattern. It is declared as
290 `unsigned char *' because its elements are
291 sometimes used as array indexes. */
292 unsigned char *buffer;
294 /* Number of bytes to which `buffer' points. */
295 unsigned long allocated;
297 /* Number of bytes actually used in `buffer'. */
300 /* Syntax setting with which the pattern was compiled. */
303 /* Pointer to a fastmap, if any, otherwise zero. re_search uses
304 the fastmap, if there is one, to skip over impossible
305 starting points for matches. */
308 /* Either a translate table to apply to all characters before
309 comparing them, or zero for no translation. The translation
310 is applied to a pattern when it is compiled and to a string
311 when it is matched. */
314 /* Number of subexpressions found by the compiler. */
317 /* Zero if this pattern cannot match the empty string, one else.
318 Well, in truth it's used only in `re_search_2', to see
319 whether or not we should use the fastmap, so we don't set
320 this absolutely perfectly; see `re_compile_fastmap' (the
321 `duplicate' case). */
322 unsigned can_be_null : 1;
324 /* If REGS_UNALLOCATED, allocate space in the `regs' structure
325 for `max (RE_NREGS, re_nsub + 1)' groups.
326 If REGS_REALLOCATE, reallocate space if necessary.
327 If REGS_FIXED, use what's there. */
328 #define REGS_UNALLOCATED 0
329 #define REGS_REALLOCATE 1
331 unsigned regs_allocated : 2;
333 /* Set to zero when `regex_compile' compiles a pattern; set to one
334 by `re_compile_fastmap' if it updates the fastmap. */
335 unsigned fastmap_accurate : 1;
337 /* If set, `re_match_2' does not return information about
341 /* If set, a beginning-of-line anchor doesn't match at the
342 beginning of the string. */
343 unsigned not_bol : 1;
345 /* Similarly for an end-of-line anchor. */
346 unsigned not_eol : 1;
348 /* If true, an anchor at a newline matches. */
349 unsigned newline_anchor : 1;
351 /* [[[end pattern_buffer]]] */
354 typedef struct re_pattern_buffer regex_t;
356 /* Type for byte offsets within the string. POSIX mandates this. */
357 typedef int regoff_t;
360 /* This is the structure we store register match data in. See
361 regex.texinfo for a full description of what registers match. */
370 /* If `regs_allocated' is REGS_UNALLOCATED in the pattern buffer,
371 `re_match_2' returns information about at least this many registers
372 the first time a `regs' structure is passed. */
378 /* POSIX specification for registers. Aside from the different names than
379 `re_registers', POSIX uses an array of structures, instead of a
380 structure of arrays. */
383 regoff_t rm_so; /* Byte offset from string's start to substring's start. */
384 regoff_t rm_eo; /* Byte offset from string's start to substring's end. */
387 /* Declarations for routines. */
389 /* To avoid duplicating every routine declaration -- once with a
390 prototype (if we are ANSI), and once without (if we aren't) -- we
391 use the following macro to declare argument types. This
392 unfortunately clutters up the declarations a bit, but I think it's
397 #define _RE_ARGS(args) args
399 #else /* not __STDC__ */
401 #define _RE_ARGS(args) ()
403 #endif /* not __STDC__ */
405 /* Sets the current default syntax to SYNTAX, and return the old syntax.
406 You can also simply assign to the `re_syntax_options' variable. */
407 extern reg_syntax_t re_set_syntax _RE_ARGS ((reg_syntax_t syntax));
409 /* Compile the regular expression PATTERN, with length LENGTH
410 and syntax given by the global `re_syntax_options', into the buffer
411 BUFFER. Return NULL if successful, and an error string if not. */
412 extern const char *re_compile_pattern
413 _RE_ARGS ((const char *pattern, int length,
414 struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer));
417 /* Compile a fastmap for the compiled pattern in BUFFER; used to
418 accelerate searches. Return 0 if successful and -2 if was an
420 extern int re_compile_fastmap _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer));
423 /* Search in the string STRING (with length LENGTH) for the pattern
424 compiled into BUFFER. Start searching at position START, for RANGE
425 characters. Return the starting position of the match, -1 for no
426 match, or -2 for an internal error. Also return register
427 information in REGS (if REGS and BUFFER->no_sub are nonzero). */
429 _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string,
430 int length, int start, int range, struct re_registers *regs));
433 /* Like `re_search', but search in the concatenation of STRING1 and
434 STRING2. Also, stop searching at index START + STOP. */
435 extern int re_search_2
436 _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string1,
437 int length1, const char *string2, int length2,
438 int start, int range, struct re_registers *regs, int stop));
441 /* Like `re_search', but return how many characters in STRING the regexp
442 in BUFFER matched, starting at position START. */
444 _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string,
445 int length, int start, struct re_registers *regs));
448 /* Relates to `re_match' as `re_search_2' relates to `re_search'. */
449 extern int re_match_2
450 _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string1,
451 int length1, const char *string2, int length2,
452 int start, struct re_registers *regs, int stop));
455 /* Set REGS to hold NUM_REGS registers, storing them in STARTS and
456 ENDS. Subsequent matches using BUFFER and REGS will use this memory
457 for recording register information. STARTS and ENDS must be
458 allocated with malloc, and must each be at least `NUM_REGS * sizeof
459 (regoff_t)' bytes long.
461 If NUM_REGS == 0, then subsequent matches should allocate their own
464 Unless this function is called, the first search or match using
465 PATTERN_BUFFER will allocate its own register data, without
466 freeing the old data. */
467 extern void re_set_registers
468 _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, struct re_registers *regs,
469 unsigned num_regs, regoff_t *starts, regoff_t *ends));
471 #ifdef _REGEX_RE_COMP
472 /* 4.2 bsd compatibility. */
473 extern char *re_comp _RE_ARGS ((const char *));
474 extern int re_exec _RE_ARGS ((const char *));
477 /* POSIX compatibility. */
478 extern int regcomp _RE_ARGS ((regex_t *preg, const char *pattern, int cflags));
480 _RE_ARGS ((const regex_t *preg, const char *string, size_t nmatch,
481 regmatch_t pmatch[], int eflags));
482 extern size_t regerror
483 _RE_ARGS ((int errcode, const regex_t *preg, char *errbuf,
484 size_t errbuf_size));
485 extern void regfree _RE_ARGS ((regex_t *preg));
487 #endif /* not __REGEXP_LIBRARY_H__ */
493 trim-versions-without-asking: nil