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1 /* Definitions for data structures and routines for the regular
2 expression library.
3 Copyright (C) 1985, 1989-1993, 1995-1998, 2000-2003, 2005-2017 Free Software
4 Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
7 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
8 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
15 Lesser General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
18 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
19 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
21 #ifndef _REGEX_H
22 #define _REGEX_H 1
24 #include <sys/types.h>
26 /* Allow the use in C++ code. */
27 #ifdef __cplusplus
28 extern "C" {
29 #endif
31 /* Define __USE_GNU to declare GNU extensions that violate the
32 POSIX name space rules. */
33 #ifdef _GNU_SOURCE
34 # define __USE_GNU 1
35 #endif
37 #ifdef _REGEX_LARGE_OFFSETS
39 /* Use types and values that are wide enough to represent signed and
40 unsigned byte offsets in memory. This currently works only when
41 the regex code is used outside of the GNU C library; it is not yet
42 supported within glibc itself, and glibc users should not define
43 _REGEX_LARGE_OFFSETS. */
45 /* The type of object sizes. */
46 typedef size_t __re_size_t;
48 /* The type of object sizes, in places where the traditional code
49 uses unsigned long int. */
50 typedef size_t __re_long_size_t;
52 #else
54 /* The traditional GNU regex implementation mishandles strings longer
55 than INT_MAX. */
56 typedef unsigned int __re_size_t;
57 typedef unsigned long int __re_long_size_t;
59 #endif
61 /* The following two types have to be signed and unsigned integer type
62 wide enough to hold a value of a pointer. For most ANSI compilers
63 ptrdiff_t and size_t should be likely OK. Still size of these two
64 types is 2 for Microsoft C. Ugh... */
65 typedef long int s_reg_t;
66 typedef unsigned long int active_reg_t;
68 /* The following bits are used to determine the regexp syntax we
69 recognize. The set/not-set meanings are chosen so that Emacs syntax
70 remains the value 0. The bits are given in alphabetical order, and
71 the definitions shifted by one from the previous bit; thus, when we
72 add or remove a bit, only one other definition need change. */
73 typedef unsigned long int reg_syntax_t;
75 #ifdef __USE_GNU
76 /* If this bit is not set, then \ inside a bracket expression is literal.
77 If set, then such a \ quotes the following character. */
78 # define RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS ((unsigned long int) 1)
80 /* If this bit is not set, then + and ? are operators, and \+ and \? are
81 literals.
82 If set, then \+ and \? are operators and + and ? are literals. */
83 # define RE_BK_PLUS_QM (RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS << 1)
85 /* If this bit is set, then character classes are supported. They are:
86 [:alpha:], [:upper:], [:lower:], [:digit:], [:alnum:], [:xdigit:],
87 [:space:], [:print:], [:punct:], [:graph:], and [:cntrl:].
88 If not set, then character classes are not supported. */
89 # define RE_CHAR_CLASSES (RE_BK_PLUS_QM << 1)
91 /* If this bit is set, then ^ and $ are always anchors (outside bracket
92 expressions, of course).
93 If this bit is not set, then it depends:
94 ^ is an anchor if it is at the beginning of a regular
95 expression or after an open-group or an alternation operator;
96 $ is an anchor if it is at the end of a regular expression, or
97 before a close-group or an alternation operator.
99 This bit could be (re)combined with RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS, because
100 POSIX draft 11.2 says that * etc. in leading positions is undefined.
101 We already implemented a previous draft which made those constructs
102 invalid, though, so we haven't changed the code back. */
103 # define RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS (RE_CHAR_CLASSES << 1)
105 /* If this bit is set, then special characters are always special
106 regardless of where they are in the pattern.
107 If this bit is not set, then special characters are special only in
108 some contexts; otherwise they are ordinary. Specifically,
109 * + ? and intervals are only special when not after the beginning,
110 open-group, or alternation operator. */
111 # define RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS (RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS << 1)
113 /* If this bit is set, then *, +, ?, and { cannot be first in an re or
114 immediately after an alternation or begin-group operator. */
115 # define RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS (RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS << 1)
117 /* If this bit is set, then . matches newline.
118 If not set, then it doesn't. */
119 # define RE_DOT_NEWLINE (RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS << 1)
121 /* If this bit is set, then . doesn't match NUL.
122 If not set, then it does. */
123 # define RE_DOT_NOT_NULL (RE_DOT_NEWLINE << 1)
125 /* If this bit is set, nonmatching lists [^...] do not match newline.
126 If not set, they do. */
127 # define RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE (RE_DOT_NOT_NULL << 1)
129 /* If this bit is set, either \{...\} or {...} defines an
130 interval, depending on RE_NO_BK_BRACES.
131 If not set, \{, \}, {, and } are literals. */
132 # define RE_INTERVALS (RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE << 1)
134 /* If this bit is set, +, ? and | aren't recognized as operators.
135 If not set, they are. */
136 # define RE_LIMITED_OPS (RE_INTERVALS << 1)
138 /* If this bit is set, newline is an alternation operator.
139 If not set, newline is literal. */
140 # define RE_NEWLINE_ALT (RE_LIMITED_OPS << 1)
142 /* If this bit is set, then '{...}' defines an interval, and \{ and \}
143 are literals.
144 If not set, then '\{...\}' defines an interval. */
145 # define RE_NO_BK_BRACES (RE_NEWLINE_ALT << 1)
147 /* If this bit is set, (...) defines a group, and \( and \) are literals.
148 If not set, \(...\) defines a group, and ( and ) are literals. */
149 # define RE_NO_BK_PARENS (RE_NO_BK_BRACES << 1)
151 /* If this bit is set, then \<digit> matches <digit>.
152 If not set, then \<digit> is a back-reference. */
153 # define RE_NO_BK_REFS (RE_NO_BK_PARENS << 1)
155 /* If this bit is set, then | is an alternation operator, and \| is literal.
156 If not set, then \| is an alternation operator, and | is literal. */
157 # define RE_NO_BK_VBAR (RE_NO_BK_REFS << 1)
159 /* If this bit is set, then an ending range point collating higher
160 than the starting range point, as in [z-a], is invalid.
161 If not set, then when ending range point collates higher than the
162 starting range point, the range is ignored. */
163 # define RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES (RE_NO_BK_VBAR << 1)
165 /* If this bit is set, then an unmatched ) is ordinary.
166 If not set, then an unmatched ) is invalid. */
167 # define RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD (RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES << 1)
169 /* If this bit is set, succeed as soon as we match the whole pattern,
170 without further backtracking. */
171 # define RE_NO_POSIX_BACKTRACKING (RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD << 1)
173 /* If this bit is set, do not process the GNU regex operators.
174 If not set, then the GNU regex operators are recognized. */
175 # define RE_NO_GNU_OPS (RE_NO_POSIX_BACKTRACKING << 1)
177 /* If this bit is set, turn on internal regex debugging.
178 If not set, and debugging was on, turn it off.
179 This only works if regex.c is compiled -DDEBUG.
180 We define this bit always, so that all that's needed to turn on
181 debugging is to recompile regex.c; the calling code can always have
182 this bit set, and it won't affect anything in the normal case. */
183 # define RE_DEBUG (RE_NO_GNU_OPS << 1)
185 /* If this bit is set, a syntactically invalid interval is treated as
186 a string of ordinary characters. For example, the ERE 'a{1' is
187 treated as 'a\{1'. */
188 # define RE_INVALID_INTERVAL_ORD (RE_DEBUG << 1)
190 /* If this bit is set, then ignore case when matching.
191 If not set, then case is significant. */
192 # define RE_ICASE (RE_INVALID_INTERVAL_ORD << 1)
194 /* This bit is used internally like RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS but only
195 for ^, because it is difficult to scan the regex backwards to find
196 whether ^ should be special. */
197 # define RE_CARET_ANCHORS_HERE (RE_ICASE << 1)
199 /* If this bit is set, then \{ cannot be first in a regex or
200 immediately after an alternation, open-group or \} operator. */
201 # define RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_DUP (RE_CARET_ANCHORS_HERE << 1)
203 /* If this bit is set, then no_sub will be set to 1 during
204 re_compile_pattern. */
205 # define RE_NO_SUB (RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_DUP << 1)
206 #endif
208 /* This global variable defines the particular regexp syntax to use (for
209 some interfaces). When a regexp is compiled, the syntax used is
210 stored in the pattern buffer, so changing this does not affect
211 already-compiled regexps. */
212 extern reg_syntax_t re_syntax_options;
214 #ifdef __USE_GNU
215 /* Define combinations of the above bits for the standard possibilities.
216 (The [[[ comments delimit what gets put into the Texinfo file, so
217 don't delete them!) */
218 /* [[[begin syntaxes]]] */
219 # define RE_SYNTAX_EMACS 0
221 # define RE_SYNTAX_AWK \
222 (RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS | RE_DOT_NOT_NULL \
223 | RE_NO_BK_PARENS | RE_NO_BK_REFS \
224 | RE_NO_BK_VBAR | RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES \
225 | RE_DOT_NEWLINE | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS \
226 | RE_CHAR_CLASSES \
227 | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD | RE_NO_GNU_OPS)
229 # define RE_SYNTAX_GNU_AWK \
230 ((RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED | RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS \
231 | RE_INVALID_INTERVAL_ORD) \
232 & ~(RE_DOT_NOT_NULL | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS \
233 | RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS ))
235 # define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_AWK \
236 (RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED | RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS \
237 | RE_INTERVALS | RE_NO_GNU_OPS \
238 | RE_INVALID_INTERVAL_ORD)
240 # define RE_SYNTAX_GREP \
241 ((RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC | RE_NEWLINE_ALT) \
242 & ~(RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_DUP | RE_DOT_NOT_NULL))
244 # define RE_SYNTAX_EGREP \
245 ((RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED | RE_INVALID_INTERVAL_ORD | RE_NEWLINE_ALT) \
246 & ~(RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS | RE_DOT_NOT_NULL))
248 /* POSIX grep -E behavior is no longer incompatible with GNU. */
249 # define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EGREP \
250 RE_SYNTAX_EGREP
252 /* P1003.2/D11.2, section 4.20.7.1, lines 5078ff. */
253 # define RE_SYNTAX_ED RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC
255 # define RE_SYNTAX_SED RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC
257 /* Syntax bits common to both basic and extended POSIX regex syntax. */
258 # define _RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON \
259 (RE_CHAR_CLASSES | RE_DOT_NEWLINE | RE_DOT_NOT_NULL \
260 | RE_INTERVALS | RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES)
262 # define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC \
263 (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_BK_PLUS_QM | RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_DUP)
265 /* Differs from ..._POSIX_BASIC only in that RE_BK_PLUS_QM becomes
266 RE_LIMITED_OPS, i.e., \? \+ \| are not recognized. Actually, this
267 isn't minimal, since other operators, such as \`, aren't disabled. */
268 # define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_MINIMAL_BASIC \
269 (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_LIMITED_OPS)
271 # define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED \
272 (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS \
273 | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES \
274 | RE_NO_BK_PARENS | RE_NO_BK_VBAR \
275 | RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD)
277 /* Differs from ..._POSIX_EXTENDED in that RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS is
278 removed and RE_NO_BK_REFS is added. */
279 # define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_MINIMAL_EXTENDED \
280 (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS \
281 | RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES \
282 | RE_NO_BK_PARENS | RE_NO_BK_REFS \
283 | RE_NO_BK_VBAR | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD)
284 /* [[[end syntaxes]]] */
286 /* Maximum number of duplicates an interval can allow. POSIX-conforming
287 systems might define this in <limits.h>, but we want our
288 value, so remove any previous define. */
289 # ifdef _REGEX_INCLUDE_LIMITS_H
290 # include <limits.h>
291 # endif
292 # ifdef RE_DUP_MAX
293 # undef RE_DUP_MAX
294 # endif
296 /* RE_DUP_MAX is 2**15 - 1 because an earlier implementation stored
297 the counter as a 2-byte signed integer. This is no longer true, so
298 RE_DUP_MAX could be increased to (INT_MAX / 10 - 1), or to
299 ((SIZE_MAX - 9) / 10) if _REGEX_LARGE_OFFSETS is defined.
300 However, there would be a huge performance problem if someone
301 actually used a pattern like a\{214748363\}, so RE_DUP_MAX retains
302 its historical value. */
303 # define RE_DUP_MAX (0x7fff)
304 #endif
307 /* POSIX 'cflags' bits (i.e., information for 'regcomp'). */
309 /* If this bit is set, then use extended regular expression syntax.
310 If not set, then use basic regular expression syntax. */
311 #define REG_EXTENDED 1
313 /* If this bit is set, then ignore case when matching.
314 If not set, then case is significant. */
315 #define REG_ICASE (1 << 1)
317 /* If this bit is set, then anchors do not match at newline
318 characters in the string.
319 If not set, then anchors do match at newlines. */
320 #define REG_NEWLINE (1 << 2)
322 /* If this bit is set, then report only success or fail in regexec.
323 If not set, then returns differ between not matching and errors. */
324 #define REG_NOSUB (1 << 3)
327 /* POSIX 'eflags' bits (i.e., information for regexec). */
329 /* If this bit is set, then the beginning-of-line operator doesn't match
330 the beginning of the string (presumably because it's not the
331 beginning of a line).
332 If not set, then the beginning-of-line operator does match the
333 beginning of the string. */
334 #define REG_NOTBOL 1
336 /* Like REG_NOTBOL, except for the end-of-line. */
337 #define REG_NOTEOL (1 << 1)
339 /* Use PMATCH[0] to delimit the start and end of the search in the
340 buffer. */
341 #define REG_STARTEND (1 << 2)
344 /* If any error codes are removed, changed, or added, update the
345 '__re_error_msgid' table in regcomp.c. */
347 typedef enum
349 _REG_ENOSYS = -1, /* This will never happen for this implementation. */
350 _REG_NOERROR = 0, /* Success. */
351 _REG_NOMATCH, /* Didn't find a match (for regexec). */
353 /* POSIX regcomp return error codes. (In the order listed in the
354 standard.) */
355 _REG_BADPAT, /* Invalid pattern. */
356 _REG_ECOLLATE, /* Invalid collating element. */
357 _REG_ECTYPE, /* Invalid character class name. */
358 _REG_EESCAPE, /* Trailing backslash. */
359 _REG_ESUBREG, /* Invalid back reference. */
360 _REG_EBRACK, /* Unmatched left bracket. */
361 _REG_EPAREN, /* Parenthesis imbalance. */
362 _REG_EBRACE, /* Unmatched \{. */
363 _REG_BADBR, /* Invalid contents of \{\}. */
364 _REG_ERANGE, /* Invalid range end. */
365 _REG_ESPACE, /* Ran out of memory. */
366 _REG_BADRPT, /* No preceding re for repetition op. */
368 /* Error codes we've added. */
369 _REG_EEND, /* Premature end. */
370 _REG_ESIZE, /* Too large (e.g., repeat count too large). */
371 _REG_ERPAREN /* Unmatched ) or \); not returned from regcomp. */
372 } reg_errcode_t;
374 #if defined _XOPEN_SOURCE || defined __USE_XOPEN2K
375 # define REG_ENOSYS _REG_ENOSYS
376 #endif
377 #define REG_NOERROR _REG_NOERROR
378 #define REG_NOMATCH _REG_NOMATCH
379 #define REG_BADPAT _REG_BADPAT
380 #define REG_ECOLLATE _REG_ECOLLATE
381 #define REG_ECTYPE _REG_ECTYPE
382 #define REG_EESCAPE _REG_EESCAPE
383 #define REG_ESUBREG _REG_ESUBREG
384 #define REG_EBRACK _REG_EBRACK
385 #define REG_EPAREN _REG_EPAREN
386 #define REG_EBRACE _REG_EBRACE
387 #define REG_BADBR _REG_BADBR
388 #define REG_ERANGE _REG_ERANGE
389 #define REG_ESPACE _REG_ESPACE
390 #define REG_BADRPT _REG_BADRPT
391 #define REG_EEND _REG_EEND
392 #define REG_ESIZE _REG_ESIZE
393 #define REG_ERPAREN _REG_ERPAREN
395 /* This data structure represents a compiled pattern. Before calling
396 the pattern compiler, the fields 'buffer', 'allocated', 'fastmap',
397 and 'translate' can be set. After the pattern has been compiled,
398 the fields 're_nsub', 'not_bol' and 'not_eol' are available. All
399 other fields are private to the regex routines. */
401 #ifndef RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE
402 # define __RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE unsigned char *
403 # ifdef __USE_GNU
404 # define RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE __RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE
405 # endif
406 #endif
408 #ifdef __USE_GNU
409 # define __REPB_PREFIX(name) name
410 #else
411 # define __REPB_PREFIX(name) __##name
412 #endif
414 struct re_pattern_buffer
416 /* Space that holds the compiled pattern. The type
417 'struct re_dfa_t' is private and is not declared here. */
418 struct re_dfa_t *__REPB_PREFIX(buffer);
420 /* Number of bytes to which 'buffer' points. */
421 __re_long_size_t __REPB_PREFIX(allocated);
423 /* Number of bytes actually used in 'buffer'. */
424 __re_long_size_t __REPB_PREFIX(used);
426 /* Syntax setting with which the pattern was compiled. */
427 reg_syntax_t __REPB_PREFIX(syntax);
429 /* Pointer to a fastmap, if any, otherwise zero. re_search uses the
430 fastmap, if there is one, to skip over impossible starting points
431 for matches. */
432 char *__REPB_PREFIX(fastmap);
434 /* Either a translate table to apply to all characters before
435 comparing them, or zero for no translation. The translation is
436 applied to a pattern when it is compiled and to a string when it
437 is matched. */
438 __RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE __REPB_PREFIX(translate);
440 /* Number of subexpressions found by the compiler. */
441 size_t re_nsub;
443 /* Zero if this pattern cannot match the empty string, one else.
444 Well, in truth it's used only in 're_search_2', to see whether or
445 not we should use the fastmap, so we don't set this absolutely
446 perfectly; see 're_compile_fastmap' (the "duplicate" case). */
447 unsigned __REPB_PREFIX(can_be_null) : 1;
449 /* If REGS_UNALLOCATED, allocate space in the 'regs' structure
450 for 'max (RE_NREGS, re_nsub + 1)' groups.
451 If REGS_REALLOCATE, reallocate space if necessary.
452 If REGS_FIXED, use what's there. */
453 #ifdef __USE_GNU
454 # define REGS_UNALLOCATED 0
455 # define REGS_REALLOCATE 1
456 # define REGS_FIXED 2
457 #endif
458 unsigned __REPB_PREFIX(regs_allocated) : 2;
460 /* Set to zero when 're_compile_pattern' compiles a pattern; set to
461 one by 're_compile_fastmap' if it updates the fastmap. */
462 unsigned __REPB_PREFIX(fastmap_accurate) : 1;
464 /* If set, 're_match_2' does not return information about
465 subexpressions. */
466 unsigned __REPB_PREFIX(no_sub) : 1;
468 /* If set, a beginning-of-line anchor doesn't match at the beginning
469 of the string. */
470 unsigned __REPB_PREFIX(not_bol) : 1;
472 /* Similarly for an end-of-line anchor. */
473 unsigned __REPB_PREFIX(not_eol) : 1;
475 /* If true, an anchor at a newline matches. */
476 unsigned __REPB_PREFIX(newline_anchor) : 1;
479 typedef struct re_pattern_buffer regex_t;
481 /* Type for byte offsets within the string. POSIX mandates this. */
482 #ifdef _REGEX_LARGE_OFFSETS
483 /* POSIX 1003.1-2008 requires that regoff_t be at least as wide as
484 ptrdiff_t and ssize_t. We don't know of any hosts where ptrdiff_t
485 is wider than ssize_t, so ssize_t is safe. ptrdiff_t is not
486 visible here, so use ssize_t. */
487 typedef ssize_t regoff_t;
488 #else
489 /* The traditional GNU regex implementation mishandles strings longer
490 than INT_MAX. */
491 typedef int regoff_t;
492 #endif
495 #ifdef __USE_GNU
496 /* This is the structure we store register match data in. See
497 regex.texinfo for a full description of what registers match. */
498 struct re_registers
500 __re_size_t num_regs;
501 regoff_t *start;
502 regoff_t *end;
506 /* If 'regs_allocated' is REGS_UNALLOCATED in the pattern buffer,
507 're_match_2' returns information about at least this many registers
508 the first time a 'regs' structure is passed. */
509 # ifndef RE_NREGS
510 # define RE_NREGS 30
511 # endif
512 #endif
515 /* POSIX specification for registers. Aside from the different names than
516 're_registers', POSIX uses an array of structures, instead of a
517 structure of arrays. */
518 typedef struct
520 regoff_t rm_so; /* Byte offset from string's start to substring's start. */
521 regoff_t rm_eo; /* Byte offset from string's start to substring's end. */
522 } regmatch_t;
524 /* Declarations for routines. */
526 #ifdef __USE_GNU
527 /* Sets the current default syntax to SYNTAX, and return the old syntax.
528 You can also simply assign to the 're_syntax_options' variable. */
529 extern reg_syntax_t re_set_syntax (reg_syntax_t __syntax);
531 /* Compile the regular expression PATTERN, with length LENGTH
532 and syntax given by the global 're_syntax_options', into the buffer
533 BUFFER. Return NULL if successful, and an error string if not.
535 To free the allocated storage, you must call 'regfree' on BUFFER.
536 Note that the translate table must either have been initialized by
537 'regcomp', with a malloc'ed value, or set to NULL before calling
538 'regfree'. */
539 extern const char *re_compile_pattern (const char *__pattern, size_t __length,
540 struct re_pattern_buffer *__buffer);
543 /* Compile a fastmap for the compiled pattern in BUFFER; used to
544 accelerate searches. Return 0 if successful and -2 if was an
545 internal error. */
546 extern int re_compile_fastmap (struct re_pattern_buffer *__buffer);
549 /* Search in the string STRING (with length LENGTH) for the pattern
550 compiled into BUFFER. Start searching at position START, for RANGE
551 characters. Return the starting position of the match, -1 for no
552 match, or -2 for an internal error. Also return register
553 information in REGS (if REGS and BUFFER->no_sub are nonzero). */
554 extern regoff_t re_search (struct re_pattern_buffer *__buffer,
555 const char *__String, regoff_t __length,
556 regoff_t __start, regoff_t __range,
557 struct re_registers *__regs);
560 /* Like 're_search', but search in the concatenation of STRING1 and
561 STRING2. Also, stop searching at index START + STOP. */
562 extern regoff_t re_search_2 (struct re_pattern_buffer *__buffer,
563 const char *__string1, regoff_t __length1,
564 const char *__string2, regoff_t __length2,
565 regoff_t __start, regoff_t __range,
566 struct re_registers *__regs,
567 regoff_t __stop);
570 /* Like 're_search', but return how many characters in STRING the regexp
571 in BUFFER matched, starting at position START. */
572 extern regoff_t re_match (struct re_pattern_buffer *__buffer,
573 const char *__String, regoff_t __length,
574 regoff_t __start, struct re_registers *__regs);
577 /* Relates to 're_match' as 're_search_2' relates to 're_search'. */
578 extern regoff_t re_match_2 (struct re_pattern_buffer *__buffer,
579 const char *__string1, regoff_t __length1,
580 const char *__string2, regoff_t __length2,
581 regoff_t __start, struct re_registers *__regs,
582 regoff_t __stop);
585 /* Set REGS to hold NUM_REGS registers, storing them in STARTS and
586 ENDS. Subsequent matches using BUFFER and REGS will use this memory
587 for recording register information. STARTS and ENDS must be
588 allocated with malloc, and must each be at least 'NUM_REGS * sizeof
589 (regoff_t)' bytes long.
591 If NUM_REGS == 0, then subsequent matches should allocate their own
592 register data.
594 Unless this function is called, the first search or match using
595 BUFFER will allocate its own register data, without
596 freeing the old data. */
597 extern void re_set_registers (struct re_pattern_buffer *__buffer,
598 struct re_registers *__regs,
599 __re_size_t __num_regs,
600 regoff_t *__starts, regoff_t *__ends);
601 #endif /* Use GNU */
603 #if defined _REGEX_RE_COMP || (defined _LIBC && defined __USE_MISC)
604 # ifndef _CRAY
605 /* 4.2 bsd compatibility. */
606 extern char *re_comp (const char *);
607 extern int re_exec (const char *);
608 # endif
609 #endif
611 /* GCC 2.95 and later have "__restrict"; C99 compilers have
612 "restrict", and "configure" may have defined "restrict".
613 Other compilers use __restrict, __restrict__, and _Restrict, and
614 'configure' might #define 'restrict' to those words, so pick a
615 different name. */
616 #ifndef _Restrict_
617 # if 199901L <= __STDC_VERSION__
618 # define _Restrict_ restrict
619 # elif 2 < __GNUC__ || (2 == __GNUC__ && 95 <= __GNUC_MINOR__)
620 # define _Restrict_ __restrict
621 # else
622 # define _Restrict_
623 # endif
624 #endif
625 /* gcc 3.1 and up support the [restrict] syntax. Don't trust
626 sys/cdefs.h's definition of __restrict_arr, though, as it
627 mishandles gcc -ansi -pedantic. */
628 #ifndef _Restrict_arr_
629 # if ((199901L <= __STDC_VERSION__ \
630 || ((3 < __GNUC__ || (3 == __GNUC__ && 1 <= __GNUC_MINOR__)) \
631 && !defined __STRICT_ANSI__)) \
632 && !defined __GNUG__)
633 # define _Restrict_arr_ _Restrict_
634 # else
635 # define _Restrict_arr_
636 # endif
637 #endif
639 /* POSIX compatibility. */
640 extern int regcomp (regex_t *_Restrict_ __preg,
641 const char *_Restrict_ __pattern,
642 int __cflags);
644 extern int regexec (const regex_t *_Restrict_ __preg,
645 const char *_Restrict_ __String, size_t __nmatch,
646 regmatch_t __pmatch[_Restrict_arr_],
647 int __eflags);
649 extern size_t regerror (int __errcode, const regex_t *_Restrict_ __preg,
650 char *_Restrict_ __errbuf, size_t __errbuf_size);
652 extern void regfree (regex_t *__preg);
655 #ifdef __cplusplus
657 #endif /* C++ */
659 #endif /* regex.h */