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1 ;;; regexp-opt.el --- generate efficient regexps to match strings.
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Simon Marshall <simon@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
6 ;; Keywords: strings, regexps
7 ;; Version: 1.05.01
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24 ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
26 ;;; Commentary:
28 ;; The "opt" in "regexp-opt" stands for "optim\\(al\\|i\\(se\\|ze\\)\\)".
30 ;; This package generates a regexp from a given list of strings (which matches
31 ;; one of those strings) so that the regexp generated by:
33 ;; (regexp-opt strings)
35 ;; is equivalent to, but more efficient than, the regexp generated by:
37 ;; (mapconcat 'regexp-quote strings "\\|")
39 ;; For example:
41 ;; (let ((strings '("cond" "if" "when" "unless" "while"
42 ;; "let" "let*" "progn" "prog1" "prog2"
43 ;; "save-restriction" "save-excursion" "save-window-excursion"
44 ;; "save-current-buffer" "save-match-data"
45 ;; "catch" "throw" "unwind-protect" "condition-case")))
46 ;; (concat "(" (regexp-opt strings t) "\\>"))
47 ;; => "(\\(c\\(atch\\|ond\\(ition-case\\)?\\)\\|if\\|let\\*?\\|prog[12n]\\|save-\\(current-buffer\\|excursion\\|match-data\\|restriction\\|window-excursion\\)\\|throw\\|un\\(less\\|wind-protect\\)\\|wh\\(en\\|ile\\)\\)\\>"
49 ;; Searching using the above example `regexp-opt' regexp takes approximately
50 ;; two-thirds of the time taken using the equivalent `mapconcat' regexp.
52 ;; Since this package was written to produce efficient regexps, not regexps
53 ;; efficiently, it is probably not a good idea to in-line too many calls in
54 ;; your code, unless you use the following trick with `eval-when-compile':
56 ;; (defvar definition-regexp
57 ;; (eval-when-compile
58 ;; (concat "^("
59 ;; (regexp-opt '("defun" "defsubst" "defmacro" "defalias"
60 ;; "defvar" "defconst") t)
61 ;; "\\>")))
63 ;; The `byte-compile' code will be as if you had defined the variable thus:
65 ;; (defvar definition-regexp
66 ;; "^(\\(def\\(alias\\|const\\|macro\\|subst\\|un\\|var\\)\\)\\>")
68 ;; Note that if you use this trick for all instances of `regexp-opt' and
69 ;; `regexp-opt-depth' in your code, regexp-opt.el would only have to be loaded
70 ;; at compile time. But note also that using this trick means that should
71 ;; regexp-opt.el be changed, perhaps to fix a bug or to add a feature to
72 ;; improve the efficiency of `regexp-opt' regexps, you would have to recompile
73 ;; your code for such changes to have effect in your code.
75 ;; Originally written for font-lock.el, from an idea from Stig's hl319.el, with
76 ;; thanks for ideas also to Michael Ernst, Bob Glickstein and Dan Nicolaescu.
77 ;; Please don't tell me that it doesn't produce optimal regexps; I know that
78 ;; already. For example, the above explanation for the meaning of "opt" would
79 ;; be more efficient as "optim\\(al\\|i[sz]e\\)", but this requires complex
80 ;; forward looking. But (ideas or) code to improve things (are) is welcome.
82 ;;; Code:
84 ;;;###autoload
85 (defun regexp-opt (strings &optional paren)
86 "Return a regexp to match a string in STRINGS.
87 Each string should be unique in STRINGS and should not contain any regexps.
88 If optional PAREN non-nil, ensure that the returned regexp is enclosed by at
89 least one regexp grouping construct.
90 The returned regexp is typically more efficient than the equivalent regexp:
92 (let ((open-paren (if PAREN \"\\\\(\" \"\")) (close-paren (if PAREN \"\\\\)\" \"\")))
93 (concat open-paren (mapconcat 'regexp-quote STRINGS \"\\\\|\") close-paren))
95 but typically contains more regexp grouping constructs.
96 Use `regexp-opt-depth' to count them."
97 (save-match-data
98 ;; Recurse on the sorted list.
99 (let ((max-lisp-eval-depth (* 1024 1024))
100 (completion-ignore-case nil))
101 (regexp-opt-group (sort (copy-sequence strings) 'string-lessp) paren))))
103 ;;;###autoload
104 (defun regexp-opt-depth (regexp)
105 "Return the depth of REGEXP.
106 This means the number of regexp grouping constructs (parenthesised expressions)
107 in REGEXP."
108 (save-match-data
109 ;; Hack to signal an error if REGEXP does not have balanced parentheses.
110 (string-match regexp "")
111 ;; Count the number of open parentheses in REGEXP.
112 (let ((count 0) start)
113 (while (string-match "\\\\(" regexp start)
114 (setq count (1+ count) start (match-end 0)))
115 count)))
117 ;;; Workhorse functions.
119 (eval-when-compile
120 (require 'cl))
122 (unless (fboundp 'make-bool-vector)
123 (defalias 'make-bool-vector 'make-vector))
125 (defun regexp-opt-group (strings &optional paren lax)
127 ;; Return a regexp to match a string in STRINGS.
128 ;; If PAREN non-nil, output regexp parentheses around returned regexp.
129 ;; If LAX non-nil, don't output parentheses if it doesn't require them.
130 ;; Merges keywords to avoid backtracking in Emacs' regexp matcher.
132 ;; The basic idea is to find the shortest common prefix, remove it and
133 ;; recurse. If there is no prefix, we divide the list into two so that (at
134 ;; least) one half will have at least a one-character common prefix.
136 ;; Also we delay the addition of grouping parenthesis as long as possible
137 ;; until we're sure we need them, and try to remove one-character sequences
138 ;; so we can use character sets rather than grouping parenthesis.
140 (let* ((open-group (if paren "\\(" ""))
141 (close-group (if paren "\\)" ""))
142 (open-charset (if lax "" open-group))
143 (close-charset (if lax "" close-group)))
144 (cond
146 ;; If there is only one string, just return it.
147 ((= (length strings) 1)
148 (if (= (length (car strings)) 1)
149 (concat open-charset (regexp-quote (car strings)) close-charset)
150 (concat open-group (regexp-quote (car strings)) close-group)))
152 ;; If there is an empty string, remove it and recurse on the rest.
153 ((= (length (car strings)) 0)
154 (concat open-charset
155 (regexp-opt-group (cdr strings) t t) "?"
156 close-charset))
158 ;; If all are one-character strings, just return a character set.
159 ((= (length strings) (apply '+ (mapcar 'length strings)))
160 (concat open-charset
161 (regexp-opt-charset strings)
162 close-charset))
164 ;; We have a list of different length strings.
166 (let ((prefix (try-completion "" (mapcar 'list strings)))
167 (letters (let ((completion-regexp-list '("^.$")))
168 (all-completions "" (mapcar 'list strings)))))
169 (cond
171 ;; If there is a common prefix, remove it and recurse on the suffixes.
172 ((> (length prefix) 0)
173 (let* ((length (length prefix))
174 (suffixes (mapcar (lambda (s) (substring s length)) strings)))
175 (concat open-group
176 (regexp-quote prefix) (regexp-opt-group suffixes t t)
177 close-group)))
179 ;; If there are several one-character strings, remove them and recurse
180 ;; on the rest (first so the final regexp finds the longest match).
181 ((> (length letters) 1)
182 (let ((rest (let ((completion-regexp-list '("^..+$")))
183 (all-completions "" (mapcar 'list strings)))))
184 (concat open-group
185 (regexp-opt-group rest) "\\|" (regexp-opt-charset letters)
186 close-group)))
188 ;; Otherwise, divide the list into those that start with a particular
189 ;; letter and those that do not, and recurse on them.
191 (let* ((char (substring (car strings) 0 1))
192 (half1 (all-completions char (mapcar 'list strings)))
193 (half2 (nthcdr (length half1) strings)))
194 (concat open-group
195 (regexp-opt-group half1) "\\|" (regexp-opt-group half2)
196 close-group)))))))))
198 (defun regexp-opt-charset (chars)
200 ;; Return a regexp to match a character in CHARS.
202 ;; The basic idea is to find character ranges. Also we take care in the
203 ;; position of character set meta characters in the character set regexp.
205 (let* ((charwidth 256) ; Yeah, right.
206 (charmap (make-bool-vector charwidth nil))
207 (charset "")
208 (bracket "") (dash "") (caret ""))
210 ;; Make a character map but extract character set meta characters.
211 (dolist (char (mapcar 'string-to-char chars))
212 (case char
213 (?\]
214 (setq bracket "]"))
216 (setq caret "^"))
218 (setq dash "-"))
219 (otherwise
220 (aset charmap char t))))
222 ;; Make a character set from the map using ranges where applicable.
223 (dotimes (char charwidth)
224 (let ((start char))
225 (while (and (< char charwidth) (aref charmap char))
226 (incf char))
227 (cond ((> char (+ start 3))
228 (setq charset (format "%s%c-%c" charset start (1- char))))
229 ((> char start)
230 (setq charset (format "%s%c" charset (setq char start)))))))
232 ;; Make sure a caret is not first and a dash is first or last.
233 (if (and (string-equal charset "") (string-equal bracket ""))
234 (concat "[" dash caret "]")
235 (concat "[" bracket charset caret dash "]"))))
237 (provide 'regexp-opt)
239 ;;; regexp-opt.el ends here