regex.h revision 126209
1/* Definitions for data structures and routines for the regular
2   expression library, version 0.12.
3   Copyright (C) 1985,89,90,91,92,93,95,96,97,98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
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6   the C library, however.  The master source lives in /gd/gnu/lib.
7
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12
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20   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
21   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
22
23#ifndef _REGEX_H
24#define _REGEX_H 1
25
26/* Allow the use in C++ code.  */
27#ifdef __cplusplus
28extern "C" {
29#endif
30
31/* POSIX says that <sys/types.h> must be included (by the caller) before
32   <regex.h>.  */
33
34#if !defined _POSIX_C_SOURCE && !defined _POSIX_SOURCE && defined VMS
35/* VMS doesn't have `size_t' in <sys/types.h>, even though POSIX says it
36   should be there.  */
37# include <stddef.h>
38#endif
39
40/* The following two types have to be signed and unsigned integer type
41   wide enough to hold a value of a pointer.  For most ANSI compilers
42   ptrdiff_t and size_t should be likely OK.  Still size of these two
43   types is 2 for Microsoft C.  Ugh... */
44typedef long int s_reg_t;
45typedef unsigned long int active_reg_t;
46
47/* The following bits are used to determine the regexp syntax we
48   recognize.  The set/not-set meanings are chosen so that Emacs syntax
49   remains the value 0.  The bits are given in alphabetical order, and
50   the definitions shifted by one from the previous bit; thus, when we
51   add or remove a bit, only one other definition need change.  */
52typedef unsigned long int reg_syntax_t;
53
54/* If this bit is not set, then \ inside a bracket expression is literal.
55   If set, then such a \ quotes the following character.  */
56#define RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS ((unsigned long int) 1)
57
58/* If this bit is not set, then + and ? are operators, and \+ and \? are
59     literals.
60   If set, then \+ and \? are operators and + and ? are literals.  */
61#define RE_BK_PLUS_QM (RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS << 1)
62
63/* If this bit is set, then character classes are supported.  They are:
64     [:alpha:], [:upper:], [:lower:],  [:digit:], [:alnum:], [:xdigit:],
65     [:space:], [:print:], [:punct:], [:graph:], and [:cntrl:].
66   If not set, then character classes are not supported.  */
67#define RE_CHAR_CLASSES (RE_BK_PLUS_QM << 1)
68
69/* If this bit is set, then ^ and $ are always anchors (outside bracket
70     expressions, of course).
71   If this bit is not set, then it depends:
72        ^  is an anchor if it is at the beginning of a regular
73           expression or after an open-group or an alternation operator;
74        $  is an anchor if it is at the end of a regular expression, or
75           before a close-group or an alternation operator.
76
77   This bit could be (re)combined with RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS, because
78   POSIX draft 11.2 says that * etc. in leading positions is undefined.
79   We already implemented a previous draft which made those constructs
80   invalid, though, so we haven't changed the code back.  */
81#define RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS (RE_CHAR_CLASSES << 1)
82
83/* If this bit is set, then special characters are always special
84     regardless of where they are in the pattern.
85   If this bit is not set, then special characters are special only in
86     some contexts; otherwise they are ordinary.  Specifically,
87     * + ? and intervals are only special when not after the beginning,
88     open-group, or alternation operator.  */
89#define RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS (RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS << 1)
90
91/* If this bit is set, then *, +, ?, and { cannot be first in an re or
92     immediately after an alternation or begin-group operator.  */
93#define RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS (RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS << 1)
94
95/* If this bit is set, then . matches newline.
96   If not set, then it doesn't.  */
97#define RE_DOT_NEWLINE (RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS << 1)
98
99/* If this bit is set, then . doesn't match NUL.
100   If not set, then it does.  */
101#define RE_DOT_NOT_NULL (RE_DOT_NEWLINE << 1)
102
103/* If this bit is set, nonmatching lists [^...] do not match newline.
104   If not set, they do.  */
105#define RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE (RE_DOT_NOT_NULL << 1)
106
107/* If this bit is set, either \{...\} or {...} defines an
108     interval, depending on RE_NO_BK_BRACES.
109   If not set, \{, \}, {, and } are literals.  */
110#define RE_INTERVALS (RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE << 1)
111
112/* If this bit is set, +, ? and | aren't recognized as operators.
113   If not set, they are.  */
114#define RE_LIMITED_OPS (RE_INTERVALS << 1)
115
116/* If this bit is set, newline is an alternation operator.
117   If not set, newline is literal.  */
118#define RE_NEWLINE_ALT (RE_LIMITED_OPS << 1)
119
120/* If this bit is set, then `{...}' defines an interval, and \{ and \}
121     are literals.
122  If not set, then `\{...\}' defines an interval.  */
123#define RE_NO_BK_BRACES (RE_NEWLINE_ALT << 1)
124
125/* If this bit is set, (...) defines a group, and \( and \) are literals.
126   If not set, \(...\) defines a group, and ( and ) are literals.  */
127#define RE_NO_BK_PARENS (RE_NO_BK_BRACES << 1)
128
129/* If this bit is set, then \<digit> matches <digit>.
130   If not set, then \<digit> is a back-reference.  */
131#define RE_NO_BK_REFS (RE_NO_BK_PARENS << 1)
132
133/* If this bit is set, then | is an alternation operator, and \| is literal.
134   If not set, then \| is an alternation operator, and | is literal.  */
135#define RE_NO_BK_VBAR (RE_NO_BK_REFS << 1)
136
137/* If this bit is set, then an ending range point collating higher
138     than the starting range point, as in [z-a], is invalid.
139   If not set, then when ending range point collates higher than the
140     starting range point, the range is ignored.  */
141#define RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES (RE_NO_BK_VBAR << 1)
142
143/* If this bit is set, then an unmatched ) is ordinary.
144   If not set, then an unmatched ) is invalid.  */
145#define RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD (RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES << 1)
146
147/* If this bit is set, succeed as soon as we match the whole pattern,
148   without further backtracking.  */
149#define RE_NO_POSIX_BACKTRACKING (RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD << 1)
150
151/* If this bit is set, do not process the GNU regex operators.
152   If not set, then the GNU regex operators are recognized. */
153#define RE_NO_GNU_OPS (RE_NO_POSIX_BACKTRACKING << 1)
154
155/* If this bit is set, turn on internal regex debugging.
156   If not set, and debugging was on, turn it off.
157   This only works if regex.c is compiled -DDEBUG.
158   We define this bit always, so that all that's needed to turn on
159   debugging is to recompile regex.c; the calling code can always have
160   this bit set, and it won't affect anything in the normal case. */
161#define RE_DEBUG (RE_NO_GNU_OPS << 1)
162
163/* This global variable defines the particular regexp syntax to use (for
164   some interfaces).  When a regexp is compiled, the syntax used is
165   stored in the pattern buffer, so changing this does not affect
166   already-compiled regexps.  */
167extern reg_syntax_t re_syntax_options;
168
169/* Define combinations of the above bits for the standard possibilities.
170   (The [[[ comments delimit what gets put into the Texinfo file, so
171   don't delete them!)  */
172/* [[[begin syntaxes]]] */
173#define RE_SYNTAX_EMACS 0
174
175#define RE_SYNTAX_AWK							\
176  (RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS   | RE_DOT_NOT_NULL			\
177   | RE_NO_BK_PARENS              | RE_NO_BK_REFS			\
178   | RE_NO_BK_VBAR                | RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES			\
179   | RE_DOT_NEWLINE		  | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS		\
180   | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD | RE_NO_GNU_OPS)
181
182#define RE_SYNTAX_GNU_AWK						\
183  ((RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED | RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS | RE_DEBUG)	\
184   & ~(RE_DOT_NOT_NULL | RE_INTERVALS | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS))
185
186#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_AWK 						\
187  (RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED | RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS		\
188   | RE_INTERVALS	    | RE_NO_GNU_OPS)
189
190#define RE_SYNTAX_GREP							\
191  (RE_BK_PLUS_QM              | RE_CHAR_CLASSES				\
192   | RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE | RE_INTERVALS				\
193   | RE_NEWLINE_ALT)
194
195#define RE_SYNTAX_EGREP							\
196  (RE_CHAR_CLASSES        | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS			\
197   | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS | RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE			\
198   | RE_NEWLINE_ALT       | RE_NO_BK_PARENS				\
199   | RE_NO_BK_VBAR)
200
201#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EGREP						\
202  (RE_SYNTAX_EGREP | RE_INTERVALS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES)
203
204/* P1003.2/D11.2, section 4.20.7.1, lines 5078ff.  */
205#define RE_SYNTAX_ED RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC
206
207#define RE_SYNTAX_SED RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC
208
209/* Syntax bits common to both basic and extended POSIX regex syntax.  */
210#define _RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON						\
211  (RE_CHAR_CLASSES | RE_DOT_NEWLINE      | RE_DOT_NOT_NULL		\
212   | RE_INTERVALS  | RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES)
213
214#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC						\
215  (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_BK_PLUS_QM)
216
217/* Differs from ..._POSIX_BASIC only in that RE_BK_PLUS_QM becomes
218   RE_LIMITED_OPS, i.e., \? \+ \| are not recognized.  Actually, this
219   isn't minimal, since other operators, such as \`, aren't disabled.  */
220#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_MINIMAL_BASIC					\
221  (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_LIMITED_OPS)
222
223#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED					\
224  (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS			\
225   | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS  | RE_NO_BK_BRACES				\
226   | RE_NO_BK_PARENS       | RE_NO_BK_VBAR				\
227   | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD)
228
229/* Differs from ..._POSIX_EXTENDED in that RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS
230   replaces RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS and RE_NO_BK_REFS is added.  */
231#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_MINIMAL_EXTENDED				\
232  (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON  | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS			\
233   | RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES				\
234   | RE_NO_BK_PARENS        | RE_NO_BK_REFS				\
235   | RE_NO_BK_VBAR	    | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD)
236/* [[[end syntaxes]]] */
237
238/* Maximum number of duplicates an interval can allow.  Some systems
239   (erroneously) define this in other header files, but we want our
240   value, so remove any previous define.  */
241#ifdef RE_DUP_MAX
242# undef RE_DUP_MAX
243#endif
244/* If sizeof(int) == 2, then ((1 << 15) - 1) overflows.  */
245#define RE_DUP_MAX (0x7fff)
246
247
248/* POSIX `cflags' bits (i.e., information for `regcomp').  */
249
250/* If this bit is set, then use extended regular expression syntax.
251   If not set, then use basic regular expression syntax.  */
252#define REG_EXTENDED 1
253
254/* If this bit is set, then ignore case when matching.
255   If not set, then case is significant.  */
256#define REG_ICASE (REG_EXTENDED << 1)
257
258/* If this bit is set, then anchors do not match at newline
259     characters in the string.
260   If not set, then anchors do match at newlines.  */
261#define REG_NEWLINE (REG_ICASE << 1)
262
263/* If this bit is set, then report only success or fail in regexec.
264   If not set, then returns differ between not matching and errors.  */
265#define REG_NOSUB (REG_NEWLINE << 1)
266
267
268/* POSIX `eflags' bits (i.e., information for regexec).  */
269
270/* If this bit is set, then the beginning-of-line operator doesn't match
271     the beginning of the string (presumably because it's not the
272     beginning of a line).
273   If not set, then the beginning-of-line operator does match the
274     beginning of the string.  */
275#define REG_NOTBOL 1
276
277/* Like REG_NOTBOL, except for the end-of-line.  */
278#define REG_NOTEOL (1 << 1)
279
280
281/* If any error codes are removed, changed, or added, update the
282   `re_error_msg' table in regex.c.  */
283typedef enum
284{
285#ifdef _XOPEN_SOURCE
286  REG_ENOSYS = -1,	/* This will never happen for this implementation.  */
287#endif
288
289  REG_NOERROR = 0,	/* Success.  */
290  REG_NOMATCH,		/* Didn't find a match (for regexec).  */
291
292  /* POSIX regcomp return error codes.  (In the order listed in the
293     standard.)  */
294  REG_BADPAT,		/* Invalid pattern.  */
295  REG_ECOLLATE,		/* Not implemented.  */
296  REG_ECTYPE,		/* Invalid character class name.  */
297  REG_EESCAPE,		/* Trailing backslash.  */
298  REG_ESUBREG,		/* Invalid back reference.  */
299  REG_EBRACK,		/* Unmatched left bracket.  */
300  REG_EPAREN,		/* Parenthesis imbalance.  */
301  REG_EBRACE,		/* Unmatched \{.  */
302  REG_BADBR,		/* Invalid contents of \{\}.  */
303  REG_ERANGE,		/* Invalid range end.  */
304  REG_ESPACE,		/* Ran out of memory.  */
305  REG_BADRPT,		/* No preceding re for repetition op.  */
306
307  /* Error codes we've added.  */
308  REG_EEND,		/* Premature end.  */
309  REG_ESIZE,		/* Compiled pattern bigger than 2^16 bytes.  */
310  REG_ERPAREN		/* Unmatched ) or \); not returned from regcomp.  */
311} reg_errcode_t;
312
313/* This data structure represents a compiled pattern.  Before calling
314   the pattern compiler, the fields `buffer', `allocated', `fastmap',
315   `translate', and `no_sub' can be set.  After the pattern has been
316   compiled, the `re_nsub' field is available.  All other fields are
317   private to the regex routines.  */
318
319#ifndef RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE
320# define RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE char *
321#endif
322
323struct re_pattern_buffer
324{
325/* [[[begin pattern_buffer]]] */
326	/* Space that holds the compiled pattern.  It is declared as
327          `unsigned char *' because its elements are
328           sometimes used as array indexes.  */
329  unsigned char *buffer;
330
331	/* Number of bytes to which `buffer' points.  */
332  unsigned long int allocated;
333
334	/* Number of bytes actually used in `buffer'.  */
335  unsigned long int used;
336
337        /* Syntax setting with which the pattern was compiled.  */
338  reg_syntax_t syntax;
339
340        /* Pointer to a fastmap, if any, otherwise zero.  re_search uses
341           the fastmap, if there is one, to skip over impossible
342           starting points for matches.  */
343  char *fastmap;
344
345        /* Either a translate table to apply to all characters before
346           comparing them, or zero for no translation.  The translation
347           is applied to a pattern when it is compiled and to a string
348           when it is matched.  */
349  RE_TRANSLATE_TYPE translate;
350
351	/* Number of subexpressions found by the compiler.  */
352  size_t re_nsub;
353
354        /* Zero if this pattern cannot match the empty string, one else.
355           Well, in truth it's used only in `re_search_2', to see
356           whether or not we should use the fastmap, so we don't set
357           this absolutely perfectly; see `re_compile_fastmap' (the
358           `duplicate' case).  */
359  unsigned can_be_null : 1;
360
361        /* If REGS_UNALLOCATED, allocate space in the `regs' structure
362             for `max (RE_NREGS, re_nsub + 1)' groups.
363           If REGS_REALLOCATE, reallocate space if necessary.
364           If REGS_FIXED, use what's there.  */
365#define REGS_UNALLOCATED 0
366#define REGS_REALLOCATE 1
367#define REGS_FIXED 2
368  unsigned regs_allocated : 2;
369
370        /* Set to zero when `regex_compile' compiles a pattern; set to one
371           by `re_compile_fastmap' if it updates the fastmap.  */
372  unsigned fastmap_accurate : 1;
373
374        /* If set, `re_match_2' does not return information about
375           subexpressions.  */
376  unsigned no_sub : 1;
377
378        /* If set, a beginning-of-line anchor doesn't match at the
379           beginning of the string.  */
380  unsigned not_bol : 1;
381
382        /* Similarly for an end-of-line anchor.  */
383  unsigned not_eol : 1;
384
385        /* If true, an anchor at a newline matches.  */
386  unsigned newline_anchor : 1;
387
388/* [[[end pattern_buffer]]] */
389};
390
391typedef struct re_pattern_buffer regex_t;
392
393/* Type for byte offsets within the string.  POSIX mandates this.  */
394typedef int regoff_t;
395
396
397/* This is the structure we store register match data in.  See
398   regex.texinfo for a full description of what registers match.  */
399struct re_registers
400{
401  unsigned num_regs;
402  regoff_t *start;
403  regoff_t *end;
404};
405
406
407/* If `regs_allocated' is REGS_UNALLOCATED in the pattern buffer,
408   `re_match_2' returns information about at least this many registers
409   the first time a `regs' structure is passed.  */
410#ifndef RE_NREGS
411# define RE_NREGS 30
412#endif
413
414
415/* POSIX specification for registers.  Aside from the different names than
416   `re_registers', POSIX uses an array of structures, instead of a
417   structure of arrays.  */
418typedef struct
419{
420  regoff_t rm_so;  /* Byte offset from string's start to substring's start.  */
421  regoff_t rm_eo;  /* Byte offset from string's start to substring's end.  */
422} regmatch_t;
423
424/* Declarations for routines.  */
425
426/* To avoid duplicating every routine declaration -- once with a
427   prototype (if we are ANSI), and once without (if we aren't) -- we
428   use the following macro to declare argument types.  This
429   unfortunately clutters up the declarations a bit, but I think it's
430   worth it.  */
431
432#if __STDC__
433
434# define _RE_ARGS(args) args
435
436#else /* not __STDC__ */
437
438# define _RE_ARGS(args) ()
439
440#endif /* not __STDC__ */
441
442/* Sets the current default syntax to SYNTAX, and return the old syntax.
443   You can also simply assign to the `re_syntax_options' variable.  */
444extern reg_syntax_t re_set_syntax _RE_ARGS ((reg_syntax_t syntax));
445
446/* Compile the regular expression PATTERN, with length LENGTH
447   and syntax given by the global `re_syntax_options', into the buffer
448   BUFFER.  Return NULL if successful, and an error string if not.  */
449extern const char *re_compile_pattern
450  _RE_ARGS ((const char *pattern, size_t length,
451             struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer));
452
453
454/* Compile a fastmap for the compiled pattern in BUFFER; used to
455   accelerate searches.  Return 0 if successful and -2 if was an
456   internal error.  */
457extern int re_compile_fastmap _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer));
458
459
460/* Search in the string STRING (with length LENGTH) for the pattern
461   compiled into BUFFER.  Start searching at position START, for RANGE
462   characters.  Return the starting position of the match, -1 for no
463   match, or -2 for an internal error.  Also return register
464   information in REGS (if REGS and BUFFER->no_sub are nonzero).  */
465extern int re_search
466  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string,
467            int length, int start, int range, struct re_registers *regs));
468
469
470/* Like `re_search', but search in the concatenation of STRING1 and
471   STRING2.  Also, stop searching at index START + STOP.  */
472extern int re_search_2
473  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string1,
474             int length1, const char *string2, int length2,
475             int start, int range, struct re_registers *regs, int stop));
476
477
478/* Like `re_search', but return how many characters in STRING the regexp
479   in BUFFER matched, starting at position START.  */
480extern int re_match
481  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string,
482             int length, int start, struct re_registers *regs));
483
484
485/* Relates to `re_match' as `re_search_2' relates to `re_search'.  */
486extern int re_match_2
487  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string1,
488             int length1, const char *string2, int length2,
489             int start, struct re_registers *regs, int stop));
490
491
492/* Set REGS to hold NUM_REGS registers, storing them in STARTS and
493   ENDS.  Subsequent matches using BUFFER and REGS will use this memory
494   for recording register information.  STARTS and ENDS must be
495   allocated with malloc, and must each be at least `NUM_REGS * sizeof
496   (regoff_t)' bytes long.
497
498   If NUM_REGS == 0, then subsequent matches should allocate their own
499   register data.
500
501   Unless this function is called, the first search or match using
502   PATTERN_BUFFER will allocate its own register data, without
503   freeing the old data.  */
504extern void re_set_registers
505  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, struct re_registers *regs,
506             unsigned num_regs, regoff_t *starts, regoff_t *ends));
507
508#if defined _REGEX_RE_COMP || defined _LIBC
509# ifndef _CRAY
510/* 4.2 bsd compatibility.  */
511extern char *re_comp _RE_ARGS ((const char *));
512extern int re_exec _RE_ARGS ((const char *));
513# endif
514#endif
515
516/* POSIX compatibility.  */
517extern int regcomp _RE_ARGS ((regex_t *__preg, const char *__pattern,
518			      int __cflags));
519
520extern int regexec _RE_ARGS ((const regex_t *__preg,
521			      const char *__string, size_t __nmatch,
522			      regmatch_t __pmatch[], int __eflags));
523
524extern size_t regerror _RE_ARGS ((int __errcode, const regex_t *__preg,
525				  char *__errbuf, size_t __errbuf_size));
526
527extern void regfree _RE_ARGS ((regex_t *__preg));
528
529
530#ifdef __cplusplus
531}
532#endif	/* C++ */
533
534#endif /* regex.h */
535
536/*
537Local variables:
538make-backup-files: t
539version-control: t
540trim-versions-without-asking: nil
541End:
542*/
543