regex.h revision 30578
1/* Definitions for data structures and routines for the regular
2   expression library, version 0.12.
3
4   Copyright (C) 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5
6   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9   any later version.
10
11   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
14   GNU General Public License for more details.
15
16   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
18   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
19
20#ifndef __REGEXP_LIBRARY_H__
21#define __REGEXP_LIBRARY_H__
22
23/* Allow the use in C++ code.  */
24#ifdef __cplusplus
25extern "C" {
26#endif
27
28/* POSIX says that <sys/types.h> must be included (by the caller) before
29   <regex.h>.  */
30
31#ifdef VMS
32/* VMS doesn't have `size_t' in <sys/types.h>, even though POSIX says it
33   should be there.  */
34#include <stddef.h>
35#endif
36
37
38/* The following two types have to be signed and unsigned integer type
39   wide enough to hold a value of a pointer.  For most ANSI compilers
40   ptrdiff_t and size_t should be likely OK.  Still size of these two
41   types is 2 for Microsoft C.  Ugh... */
42typedef long s_reg_t;
43typedef unsigned long active_reg_t;
44
45/* The following bits are used to determine the regexp syntax we
46   recognize.  The set/not-set meanings are chosen so that Emacs syntax
47   remains the value 0.  The bits are given in alphabetical order, and
48   the definitions shifted by one from the previous bit; thus, when we
49   add or remove a bit, only one other definition need change.  */
50typedef unsigned long reg_syntax_t;
51
52/* If this bit is not set, then \ inside a bracket expression is literal.
53   If set, then such a \ quotes the following character.  */
54#define RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS (1L)
55
56/* If this bit is not set, then + and ? are operators, and \+ and \? are
57     literals.
58   If set, then \+ and \? are operators and + and ? are literals.  */
59#define RE_BK_PLUS_QM (RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS << 1)
60
61/* If this bit is set, then character classes are supported.  They are:
62     [:alpha:], [:upper:], [:lower:],  [:digit:], [:alnum:], [:xdigit:],
63     [:space:], [:print:], [:punct:], [:graph:], and [:cntrl:].
64   If not set, then character classes are not supported.  */
65#define RE_CHAR_CLASSES (RE_BK_PLUS_QM << 1)
66
67/* If this bit is set, then ^ and $ are always anchors (outside bracket
68     expressions, of course).
69   If this bit is not set, then it depends:
70        ^  is an anchor if it is at the beginning of a regular
71           expression or after an open-group or an alternation operator;
72        $  is an anchor if it is at the end of a regular expression, or
73           before a close-group or an alternation operator.
74
75   This bit could be (re)combined with RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS, because
76   POSIX draft 11.2 says that * etc. in leading positions is undefined.
77   We already implemented a previous draft which made those constructs
78   invalid, though, so we haven't changed the code back.  */
79#define RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS (RE_CHAR_CLASSES << 1)
80
81/* If this bit is set, then special characters are always special
82     regardless of where they are in the pattern.
83   If this bit is not set, then special characters are special only in
84     some contexts; otherwise they are ordinary.  Specifically,
85     * + ? and intervals are only special when not after the beginning,
86     open-group, or alternation operator.  */
87#define RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS (RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS << 1)
88
89/* If this bit is set, then *, +, ?, and { cannot be first in an re or
90     immediately after an alternation or begin-group operator.  */
91#define RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS (RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS << 1)
92
93/* If this bit is set, then . matches newline.
94   If not set, then it doesn't.  */
95#define RE_DOT_NEWLINE (RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS << 1)
96
97/* If this bit is set, then . doesn't match NUL.
98   If not set, then it does.  */
99#define RE_DOT_NOT_NULL (RE_DOT_NEWLINE << 1)
100
101/* If this bit is set, nonmatching lists [^...] do not match newline.
102   If not set, they do.  */
103#define RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE (RE_DOT_NOT_NULL << 1)
104
105/* If this bit is set, either \{...\} or {...} defines an
106     interval, depending on RE_NO_BK_BRACES.
107   If not set, \{, \}, {, and } are literals.  */
108#define RE_INTERVALS (RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE << 1)
109
110/* If this bit is set, +, ? and | aren't recognized as operators.
111   If not set, they are.  */
112#define RE_LIMITED_OPS (RE_INTERVALS << 1)
113
114/* If this bit is set, newline is an alternation operator.
115   If not set, newline is literal.  */
116#define RE_NEWLINE_ALT (RE_LIMITED_OPS << 1)
117
118/* If this bit is set, then `{...}' defines an interval, and \{ and \}
119     are literals.
120  If not set, then `\{...\}' defines an interval.  */
121#define RE_NO_BK_BRACES (RE_NEWLINE_ALT << 1)
122
123/* If this bit is set, (...) defines a group, and \( and \) are literals.
124   If not set, \(...\) defines a group, and ( and ) are literals.  */
125#define RE_NO_BK_PARENS (RE_NO_BK_BRACES << 1)
126
127/* If this bit is set, then \<digit> matches <digit>.
128   If not set, then \<digit> is a back-reference.  */
129#define RE_NO_BK_REFS (RE_NO_BK_PARENS << 1)
130
131/* If this bit is set, then | is an alternation operator, and \| is literal.
132   If not set, then \| is an alternation operator, and | is literal.  */
133#define RE_NO_BK_VBAR (RE_NO_BK_REFS << 1)
134
135/* If this bit is set, then an ending range point collating higher
136     than the starting range point, as in [z-a], is invalid.
137   If not set, then when ending range point collates higher than the
138     starting range point, the range is ignored.  */
139#define RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES (RE_NO_BK_VBAR << 1)
140
141/* If this bit is set, then an unmatched ) is ordinary.
142   If not set, then an unmatched ) is invalid.  */
143#define RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD (RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES << 1)
144
145/* If this bit is set, do not process the GNU regex operators.
146   IF not set, then the GNU regex operators are recognized. */
147#define RE_NO_GNU_OPS (RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD << 1)
148
149/* This global variable defines the particular regexp syntax to use (for
150   some interfaces).  When a regexp is compiled, the syntax used is
151   stored in the pattern buffer, so changing this does not affect
152   already-compiled regexps.  */
153extern reg_syntax_t re_syntax_options;
154
155/* Define combinations of the above bits for the standard possibilities.
156   (The [[[ comments delimit what gets put into the Texinfo file, so
157   don't delete them!)  */
158/* [[[begin syntaxes]]] */
159#define RE_SYNTAX_EMACS 0
160
161#define RE_SYNTAX_AWK							\
162  (RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS | RE_DOT_NOT_NULL			\
163   | RE_NO_BK_PARENS            | RE_NO_BK_REFS				\
164   | RE_NO_BK_VBAR               | RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES			\
165   | RE_DOT_NEWLINE               | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS		\
166   | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD | RE_NO_GNU_OPS)
167
168#define RE_SYNTAX_GNU_AWK 						\
169  ((RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED | RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS)		\
170   & ~(RE_DOT_NOT_NULL | RE_INTERVALS | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS))
171
172#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_AWK 						\
173  (RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED | RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS		\
174   | RE_INTERVALS           | RE_NO_GNU_OPS)
175
176#define RE_SYNTAX_GREP							\
177  (RE_BK_PLUS_QM              | RE_CHAR_CLASSES				\
178   | RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE | RE_INTERVALS				\
179   | RE_NEWLINE_ALT)
180
181#define RE_SYNTAX_EGREP							\
182  (RE_CHAR_CLASSES        | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS			\
183   | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS | RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE			\
184   | RE_NEWLINE_ALT       | RE_NO_BK_PARENS				\
185   | RE_NO_BK_VBAR)
186
187#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EGREP						\
188  (RE_SYNTAX_EGREP | RE_INTERVALS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES)
189
190/* P1003.2/D11.2, section 4.20.7.1, lines 5078ff.  */
191#define RE_SYNTAX_ED RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC
192
193#define RE_SYNTAX_SED RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC
194
195/* Syntax bits common to both basic and extended POSIX regex syntax.  */
196#define _RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON						\
197  (RE_CHAR_CLASSES | RE_DOT_NEWLINE      | RE_DOT_NOT_NULL		\
198   | RE_INTERVALS  | RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES)
199
200#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC						\
201  (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_BK_PLUS_QM)
202
203/* Differs from ..._POSIX_BASIC only in that RE_BK_PLUS_QM becomes
204   RE_LIMITED_OPS, i.e., \? \+ \| are not recognized.  Actually, this
205   isn't minimal, since other operators, such as \`, aren't disabled.  */
206#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_MINIMAL_BASIC					\
207  (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_LIMITED_OPS)
208
209#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED					\
210  (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS			\
211   | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS  | RE_NO_BK_BRACES				\
212   | RE_NO_BK_PARENS       | RE_NO_BK_VBAR				\
213   | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD)
214
215/* Differs from ..._POSIX_EXTENDED in that RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS
216   replaces RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS and RE_NO_BK_REFS is added.  */
217#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_MINIMAL_EXTENDED				\
218  (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON  | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS			\
219   | RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES				\
220   | RE_NO_BK_PARENS        | RE_NO_BK_REFS				\
221   | RE_NO_BK_VBAR	    | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD)
222/* [[[end syntaxes]]] */
223
224/* Maximum number of duplicates an interval can allow.  Some systems
225   (erroneously) define this in other header files, but we want our
226   value, so remove any previous define.  */
227#ifdef RE_DUP_MAX
228#undef RE_DUP_MAX
229#endif
230/* if sizeof(int) == 2, then ((1 << 15) - 1) overflows  */
231#define RE_DUP_MAX  (0x7fff)
232
233
234/* POSIX `cflags' bits (i.e., information for `regcomp').  */
235
236/* If this bit is set, then use extended regular expression syntax.
237   If not set, then use basic regular expression syntax.  */
238#define REG_EXTENDED 1
239
240/* If this bit is set, then ignore case when matching.
241   If not set, then case is significant.  */
242#define REG_ICASE (REG_EXTENDED << 1)
243
244/* If this bit is set, then anchors do not match at newline
245     characters in the string.
246   If not set, then anchors do match at newlines.  */
247#define REG_NEWLINE (REG_ICASE << 1)
248
249/* If this bit is set, then report only success or fail in regexec.
250   If not set, then returns differ between not matching and errors.  */
251#define REG_NOSUB (REG_NEWLINE << 1)
252
253
254/* POSIX `eflags' bits (i.e., information for regexec).  */
255
256/* If this bit is set, then the beginning-of-line operator doesn't match
257     the beginning of the string (presumably because it's not the
258     beginning of a line).
259   If not set, then the beginning-of-line operator does match the
260     beginning of the string.  */
261#define REG_NOTBOL 1
262
263/* Like REG_NOTBOL, except for the end-of-line.  */
264#define REG_NOTEOL (1 << 1)
265
266
267/* If any error codes are removed, changed, or added, update the
268   `re_error_msg' table in regex.c.  */
269typedef enum
270{
271  REG_NOERROR = 0,	/* Success.  */
272  REG_NOMATCH,		/* Didn't find a match (for regexec).  */
273
274  /* POSIX regcomp return error codes.  (In the order listed in the
275     standard.)  */
276  REG_BADPAT,		/* Invalid pattern.  */
277  REG_ECOLLATE,		/* Not implemented.  */
278  REG_ECTYPE,		/* Invalid character class name.  */
279  REG_EESCAPE,		/* Trailing backslash.  */
280  REG_ESUBREG,		/* Invalid back reference.  */
281  REG_EBRACK,		/* Unmatched left bracket.  */
282  REG_EPAREN,		/* Parenthesis imbalance.  */
283  REG_EBRACE,		/* Unmatched \{.  */
284  REG_BADBR,		/* Invalid contents of \{\}.  */
285  REG_ERANGE,		/* Invalid range end.  */
286  REG_ESPACE,		/* Ran out of memory.  */
287  REG_BADRPT,		/* No preceding re for repetition op.  */
288
289  /* Error codes we've added.  */
290  REG_EEND,		/* Premature end.  */
291  REG_ESIZE,		/* Compiled pattern bigger than 2^16 bytes.  */
292  REG_ERPAREN		/* Unmatched ) or \); not returned from regcomp.  */
293} reg_errcode_t;
294
295/* This data structure represents a compiled pattern.  Before calling
296   the pattern compiler, the fields `buffer', `allocated', `fastmap',
297   `translate', and `no_sub' can be set.  After the pattern has been
298   compiled, the `re_nsub' field is available.  All other fields are
299   private to the regex routines.  */
300
301struct re_pattern_buffer
302{
303/* [[[begin pattern_buffer]]] */
304	/* Space that holds the compiled pattern.  It is declared as
305          `unsigned char *' because its elements are
306           sometimes used as array indexes.  */
307  unsigned char *buffer;
308
309	/* Number of bytes to which `buffer' points.  */
310  unsigned long allocated;
311
312	/* Number of bytes actually used in `buffer'.  */
313  unsigned long used;
314
315        /* Syntax setting with which the pattern was compiled.  */
316  reg_syntax_t syntax;
317
318        /* Pointer to a fastmap, if any, otherwise zero.  re_search uses
319           the fastmap, if there is one, to skip over impossible
320           starting points for matches.  */
321  char *fastmap;
322
323        /* Either a translate table to apply to all characters before
324           comparing them, or zero for no translation.  The translation
325           is applied to a pattern when it is compiled and to a string
326           when it is matched.  */
327  char *translate;
328
329	/* Number of subexpressions found by the compiler.  */
330  size_t re_nsub;
331
332        /* Zero if this pattern cannot match the empty string, one else.
333           Well, in truth it's used only in `re_search_2', to see
334           whether or not we should use the fastmap, so we don't set
335           this absolutely perfectly; see `re_compile_fastmap' (the
336           `duplicate' case).  */
337  unsigned can_be_null : 1;
338
339        /* If REGS_UNALLOCATED, allocate space in the `regs' structure
340             for `max (RE_NREGS, re_nsub + 1)' groups.
341           If REGS_REALLOCATE, reallocate space if necessary.
342           If REGS_FIXED, use what's there.  */
343#define REGS_UNALLOCATED 0
344#define REGS_REALLOCATE 1
345#define REGS_FIXED 2
346  unsigned regs_allocated : 2;
347
348        /* Set to zero when `regex_compile' compiles a pattern; set to one
349           by `re_compile_fastmap' if it updates the fastmap.  */
350  unsigned fastmap_accurate : 1;
351
352        /* If set, `re_match_2' does not return information about
353           subexpressions.  */
354  unsigned no_sub : 1;
355
356        /* If set, a beginning-of-line anchor doesn't match at the
357           beginning of the string.  */
358  unsigned not_bol : 1;
359
360        /* Similarly for an end-of-line anchor.  */
361  unsigned not_eol : 1;
362
363        /* If true, an anchor at a newline matches.  */
364  unsigned newline_anchor : 1;
365
366/* [[[end pattern_buffer]]] */
367};
368
369typedef struct re_pattern_buffer regex_t;
370
371
372/* search.c (search_buffer) in Emacs needs this one opcode value.  It is
373   defined both in `regex.c' and here.  */
374#define RE_EXACTN_VALUE 1
375
376/* Type for byte offsets within the string.  POSIX mandates this.  */
377typedef int regoff_t;
378
379
380/* This is the structure we store register match data in.  See
381   regex.texinfo for a full description of what registers match.  */
382struct re_registers
383{
384  unsigned num_regs;
385  regoff_t *start;
386  regoff_t *end;
387};
388
389
390/* If `regs_allocated' is REGS_UNALLOCATED in the pattern buffer,
391   `re_match_2' returns information about at least this many registers
392   the first time a `regs' structure is passed.  */
393#ifndef RE_NREGS
394#define RE_NREGS 30
395#endif
396
397
398/* POSIX specification for registers.  Aside from the different names than
399   `re_registers', POSIX uses an array of structures, instead of a
400   structure of arrays.  */
401typedef struct
402{
403  regoff_t rm_so;  /* Byte offset from string's start to substring's start.  */
404  regoff_t rm_eo;  /* Byte offset from string's start to substring's end.  */
405} regmatch_t;
406
407/* Declarations for routines.  */
408
409/* To avoid duplicating every routine declaration -- once with a
410   prototype (if we are ANSI), and once without (if we aren't) -- we
411   use the following macro to declare argument types.  This
412   unfortunately clutters up the declarations a bit, but I think it's
413   worth it.  */
414
415#ifdef __STDC__
416
417#define _RE_ARGS(args) args
418
419#else /* not __STDC__ */
420
421#define _RE_ARGS(args) ()
422
423#endif /* not __STDC__ */
424
425/* Sets the current default syntax to SYNTAX, and return the old syntax.
426   You can also simply assign to the `re_syntax_options' variable.  */
427extern reg_syntax_t re_set_syntax _RE_ARGS ((reg_syntax_t syntax));
428
429/* Compile the regular expression PATTERN, with length LENGTH
430   and syntax given by the global `re_syntax_options', into the buffer
431   BUFFER.  Return NULL if successful, and an error string if not.  */
432extern const char *re_compile_pattern
433  _RE_ARGS ((const char *pattern, size_t length,
434             struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer));
435
436
437/* Compile a fastmap for the compiled pattern in BUFFER; used to
438   accelerate searches.  Return 0 if successful and -2 if was an
439   internal error.  */
440extern int re_compile_fastmap _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer));
441
442
443/* Search in the string STRING (with length LENGTH) for the pattern
444   compiled into BUFFER.  Start searching at position START, for RANGE
445   characters.  Return the starting position of the match, -1 for no
446   match, or -2 for an internal error.  Also return register
447   information in REGS (if REGS and BUFFER->no_sub are nonzero).  */
448extern int re_search
449  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string,
450            int length, int start, int range, struct re_registers *regs));
451
452
453/* Like `re_search', but search in the concatenation of STRING1 and
454   STRING2.  Also, stop searching at index START + STOP.  */
455extern int re_search_2
456  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string1,
457             int length1, const char *string2, int length2,
458             int start, int range, struct re_registers *regs, int stop));
459
460
461/* Like `re_search', but return how many characters in STRING the regexp
462   in BUFFER matched, starting at position START.  */
463extern int re_match
464  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string,
465             int length, int start, struct re_registers *regs));
466
467
468/* Relates to `re_match' as `re_search_2' relates to `re_search'.  */
469extern int re_match_2
470  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string1,
471             int length1, const char *string2, int length2,
472             int start, struct re_registers *regs, int stop));
473
474
475/* Set REGS to hold NUM_REGS registers, storing them in STARTS and
476   ENDS.  Subsequent matches using BUFFER and REGS will use this memory
477   for recording register information.  STARTS and ENDS must be
478   allocated with malloc, and must each be at least `NUM_REGS * sizeof
479   (regoff_t)' bytes long.
480
481   If NUM_REGS == 0, then subsequent matches should allocate their own
482   register data.
483
484   Unless this function is called, the first search or match using
485   PATTERN_BUFFER will allocate its own register data, without
486   freeing the old data.  */
487extern void re_set_registers
488  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, struct re_registers *regs,
489             unsigned num_regs, regoff_t *starts, regoff_t *ends));
490
491/* 4.2 bsd compatibility.  */
492extern char *re_comp _RE_ARGS ((const char *));
493extern int re_exec _RE_ARGS ((const char *));
494
495/* POSIX compatibility.  */
496extern int regcomp _RE_ARGS ((regex_t *preg, const char *pattern, int cflags));
497extern int regexec
498  _RE_ARGS ((const regex_t *preg, const char *string, size_t nmatch,
499             regmatch_t pmatch[], int eflags));
500extern size_t regerror
501  _RE_ARGS ((int errcode, const regex_t *preg, char *errbuf,
502             size_t errbuf_size));
503extern void regfree _RE_ARGS ((regex_t *preg));
504
505#ifdef __cplusplus
506}
507#endif  /* C++ */
508
509#endif /* not __REGEXP_LIBRARY_H__ */
510
511/*
512Local variables:
513make-backup-files: t
514version-control: t
515trim-versions-without-asking: nil
516End:
517*/
518