regex.h revision 8858
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/* POSIX says that <sys/types.h> must be included (by the caller) before
24   <regex.h>.  */
25
26#ifdef VMS
27/* VMS doesn't have `size_t' in <sys/types.h>, even though POSIX says it
28   should be there.  */
29#include <stddef.h>
30#endif
31
32
33/* The following two types have to be signed and unsigned integer type
34   wide enough to hold a value of a pointer.  For most ANSI compilers
35   ptrdiff_t and size_t should be likely OK.  Still size of these two
36   types is 2 for Microsoft C.  Ugh... */
37typedef long s_reg_t;
38typedef unsigned long active_reg_t;
39
40/* The following bits are used to determine the regexp syntax we
41   recognize.  The set/not-set meanings are chosen so that Emacs syntax
42   remains the value 0.  The bits are given in alphabetical order, and
43   the definitions shifted by one from the previous bit; thus, when we
44   add or remove a bit, only one other definition need change.  */
45typedef unsigned long reg_syntax_t;
46
47/* If this bit is not set, then \ inside a bracket expression is literal.
48   If set, then such a \ quotes the following character.  */
49#define RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS (1L)
50
51/* If this bit is not set, then + and ? are operators, and \+ and \? are
52     literals.
53   If set, then \+ and \? are operators and + and ? are literals.  */
54#define RE_BK_PLUS_QM (RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS << 1)
55
56/* If this bit is set, then character classes are supported.  They are:
57     [:alpha:], [:upper:], [:lower:],  [:digit:], [:alnum:], [:xdigit:],
58     [:space:], [:print:], [:punct:], [:graph:], and [:cntrl:].
59   If not set, then character classes are not supported.  */
60#define RE_CHAR_CLASSES (RE_BK_PLUS_QM << 1)
61
62/* If this bit is set, then ^ and $ are always anchors (outside bracket
63     expressions, of course).
64   If this bit is not set, then it depends:
65        ^  is an anchor if it is at the beginning of a regular
66           expression or after an open-group or an alternation operator;
67        $  is an anchor if it is at the end of a regular expression, or
68           before a close-group or an alternation operator.
69
70   This bit could be (re)combined with RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS, because
71   POSIX draft 11.2 says that * etc. in leading positions is undefined.
72   We already implemented a previous draft which made those constructs
73   invalid, though, so we haven't changed the code back.  */
74#define RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS (RE_CHAR_CLASSES << 1)
75
76/* If this bit is set, then special characters are always special
77     regardless of where they are in the pattern.
78   If this bit is not set, then special characters are special only in
79     some contexts; otherwise they are ordinary.  Specifically,
80     * + ? and intervals are only special when not after the beginning,
81     open-group, or alternation operator.  */
82#define RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS (RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS << 1)
83
84/* If this bit is set, then *, +, ?, and { cannot be first in an re or
85     immediately after an alternation or begin-group operator.  */
86#define RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS (RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS << 1)
87
88/* If this bit is set, then . matches newline.
89   If not set, then it doesn't.  */
90#define RE_DOT_NEWLINE (RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS << 1)
91
92/* If this bit is set, then . doesn't match NUL.
93   If not set, then it does.  */
94#define RE_DOT_NOT_NULL (RE_DOT_NEWLINE << 1)
95
96/* If this bit is set, nonmatching lists [^...] do not match newline.
97   If not set, they do.  */
98#define RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE (RE_DOT_NOT_NULL << 1)
99
100/* If this bit is set, either \{...\} or {...} defines an
101     interval, depending on RE_NO_BK_BRACES.
102   If not set, \{, \}, {, and } are literals.  */
103#define RE_INTERVALS (RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE << 1)
104
105/* If this bit is set, +, ? and | aren't recognized as operators.
106   If not set, they are.  */
107#define RE_LIMITED_OPS (RE_INTERVALS << 1)
108
109/* If this bit is set, newline is an alternation operator.
110   If not set, newline is literal.  */
111#define RE_NEWLINE_ALT (RE_LIMITED_OPS << 1)
112
113/* If this bit is set, then `{...}' defines an interval, and \{ and \}
114     are literals.
115  If not set, then `\{...\}' defines an interval.  */
116#define RE_NO_BK_BRACES (RE_NEWLINE_ALT << 1)
117
118/* If this bit is set, (...) defines a group, and \( and \) are literals.
119   If not set, \(...\) defines a group, and ( and ) are literals.  */
120#define RE_NO_BK_PARENS (RE_NO_BK_BRACES << 1)
121
122/* If this bit is set, then \<digit> matches <digit>.
123   If not set, then \<digit> is a back-reference.  */
124#define RE_NO_BK_REFS (RE_NO_BK_PARENS << 1)
125
126/* If this bit is set, then | is an alternation operator, and \| is literal.
127   If not set, then \| is an alternation operator, and | is literal.  */
128#define RE_NO_BK_VBAR (RE_NO_BK_REFS << 1)
129
130/* If this bit is set, then an ending range point collating higher
131     than the starting range point, as in [z-a], is invalid.
132   If not set, then when ending range point collates higher than the
133     starting range point, the range is ignored.  */
134#define RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES (RE_NO_BK_VBAR << 1)
135
136/* If this bit is set, then an unmatched ) is ordinary.
137   If not set, then an unmatched ) is invalid.  */
138#define RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD (RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES << 1)
139
140/* If this bit is set, do not process the GNU regex operators.
141   IF not set, then the GNU regex operators are recognized. */
142#define RE_NO_GNU_OPS (RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD << 1)
143
144/* This global variable defines the particular regexp syntax to use (for
145   some interfaces).  When a regexp is compiled, the syntax used is
146   stored in the pattern buffer, so changing this does not affect
147   already-compiled regexps.  */
148extern reg_syntax_t re_syntax_options;
149
150/* Define combinations of the above bits for the standard possibilities.
151   (The [[[ comments delimit what gets put into the Texinfo file, so
152   don't delete them!)  */
153/* [[[begin syntaxes]]] */
154#define RE_SYNTAX_EMACS 0
155
156#define RE_SYNTAX_AWK							\
157  (RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS | RE_DOT_NOT_NULL			\
158   | RE_NO_BK_PARENS            | RE_NO_BK_REFS				\
159   | RE_NO_BK_VBAR               | RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES			\
160   | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD | RE_NO_GNU_OPS)
161
162#define RE_SYNTAX_GNU_AWK 						\
163  (RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED | RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS)
164
165#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_AWK 						\
166  (RE_SYNTAX_GNU_AWK | RE_NO_GNU_OPS)
167
168#define RE_SYNTAX_GREP							\
169  (RE_BK_PLUS_QM              | RE_CHAR_CLASSES				\
170   | RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE | RE_INTERVALS				\
171   | RE_NEWLINE_ALT)
172
173#define RE_SYNTAX_EGREP							\
174  (RE_CHAR_CLASSES        | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS			\
175   | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS | RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE			\
176   | RE_NEWLINE_ALT       | RE_NO_BK_PARENS				\
177   | RE_NO_BK_VBAR)
178
179#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EGREP						\
180  (RE_SYNTAX_EGREP | RE_INTERVALS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES)
181
182/* P1003.2/D11.2, section 4.20.7.1, lines 5078ff.  */
183#define RE_SYNTAX_ED RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC
184
185#define RE_SYNTAX_SED RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC
186
187/* Syntax bits common to both basic and extended POSIX regex syntax.  */
188#define _RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON						\
189  (RE_CHAR_CLASSES | RE_DOT_NEWLINE      | RE_DOT_NOT_NULL		\
190   | RE_INTERVALS  | RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES)
191
192#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_BASIC						\
193  (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_BK_PLUS_QM)
194
195/* Differs from ..._POSIX_BASIC only in that RE_BK_PLUS_QM becomes
196   RE_LIMITED_OPS, i.e., \? \+ \| are not recognized.  Actually, this
197   isn't minimal, since other operators, such as \`, aren't disabled.  */
198#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_MINIMAL_BASIC					\
199  (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_LIMITED_OPS)
200
201#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_EXTENDED					\
202  (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS			\
203   | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS  | RE_NO_BK_BRACES				\
204   | RE_NO_BK_PARENS       | RE_NO_BK_VBAR				\
205   | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD)
206
207/* Differs from ..._POSIX_EXTENDED in that RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS
208   replaces RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS and RE_NO_BK_REFS is added.  */
209#define RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_MINIMAL_EXTENDED				\
210  (_RE_SYNTAX_POSIX_COMMON  | RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS			\
211   | RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS | RE_NO_BK_BRACES				\
212   | RE_NO_BK_PARENS        | RE_NO_BK_REFS				\
213   | RE_NO_BK_VBAR	    | RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD)
214/* [[[end syntaxes]]] */
215
216/* Maximum number of duplicates an interval can allow.  Some systems
217   (erroneously) define this in other header files, but we want our
218   value, so remove any previous define.  */
219#ifdef RE_DUP_MAX
220#undef RE_DUP_MAX
221#endif
222/* if sizeof(int) == 2, then ((1 << 15) - 1) overflows  */
223#define RE_DUP_MAX  (0x7fff)
224
225
226/* POSIX `cflags' bits (i.e., information for `regcomp').  */
227
228/* If this bit is set, then use extended regular expression syntax.
229   If not set, then use basic regular expression syntax.  */
230#define REG_EXTENDED 1
231
232/* If this bit is set, then ignore case when matching.
233   If not set, then case is significant.  */
234#define REG_ICASE (REG_EXTENDED << 1)
235
236/* If this bit is set, then anchors do not match at newline
237     characters in the string.
238   If not set, then anchors do match at newlines.  */
239#define REG_NEWLINE (REG_ICASE << 1)
240
241/* If this bit is set, then report only success or fail in regexec.
242   If not set, then returns differ between not matching and errors.  */
243#define REG_NOSUB (REG_NEWLINE << 1)
244
245
246/* POSIX `eflags' bits (i.e., information for regexec).  */
247
248/* If this bit is set, then the beginning-of-line operator doesn't match
249     the beginning of the string (presumably because it's not the
250     beginning of a line).
251   If not set, then the beginning-of-line operator does match the
252     beginning of the string.  */
253#define REG_NOTBOL 1
254
255/* Like REG_NOTBOL, except for the end-of-line.  */
256#define REG_NOTEOL (1 << 1)
257
258
259/* If any error codes are removed, changed, or added, update the
260   `re_error_msg' table in regex.c.  */
261typedef enum
262{
263  REG_NOERROR = 0,	/* Success.  */
264  REG_NOMATCH,		/* Didn't find a match (for regexec).  */
265
266  /* POSIX regcomp return error codes.  (In the order listed in the
267     standard.)  */
268  REG_BADPAT,		/* Invalid pattern.  */
269  REG_ECOLLATE,		/* Not implemented.  */
270  REG_ECTYPE,		/* Invalid character class name.  */
271  REG_EESCAPE,		/* Trailing backslash.  */
272  REG_ESUBREG,		/* Invalid back reference.  */
273  REG_EBRACK,		/* Unmatched left bracket.  */
274  REG_EPAREN,		/* Parenthesis imbalance.  */
275  REG_EBRACE,		/* Unmatched \{.  */
276  REG_BADBR,		/* Invalid contents of \{\}.  */
277  REG_ERANGE,		/* Invalid range end.  */
278  REG_ESPACE,		/* Ran out of memory.  */
279  REG_BADRPT,		/* No preceding re for repetition op.  */
280
281  /* Error codes we've added.  */
282  REG_EEND,		/* Premature end.  */
283  REG_ESIZE,		/* Compiled pattern bigger than 2^16 bytes.  */
284  REG_ERPAREN		/* Unmatched ) or \); not returned from regcomp.  */
285} reg_errcode_t;
286
287/* This data structure represents a compiled pattern.  Before calling
288   the pattern compiler, the fields `buffer', `allocated', `fastmap',
289   `translate', and `no_sub' can be set.  After the pattern has been
290   compiled, the `re_nsub' field is available.  All other fields are
291   private to the regex routines.  */
292
293struct re_pattern_buffer
294{
295/* [[[begin pattern_buffer]]] */
296	/* Space that holds the compiled pattern.  It is declared as
297          `unsigned char *' because its elements are
298           sometimes used as array indexes.  */
299  unsigned char *buffer;
300
301	/* Number of bytes to which `buffer' points.  */
302  unsigned long allocated;
303
304	/* Number of bytes actually used in `buffer'.  */
305  unsigned long used;
306
307        /* Syntax setting with which the pattern was compiled.  */
308  reg_syntax_t syntax;
309
310        /* Pointer to a fastmap, if any, otherwise zero.  re_search uses
311           the fastmap, if there is one, to skip over impossible
312           starting points for matches.  */
313  char *fastmap;
314
315        /* Either a translate table to apply to all characters before
316           comparing them, or zero for no translation.  The translation
317           is applied to a pattern when it is compiled and to a string
318           when it is matched.  */
319  char *translate;
320
321	/* Number of subexpressions found by the compiler.  */
322  size_t re_nsub;
323
324        /* Zero if this pattern cannot match the empty string, one else.
325           Well, in truth it's used only in `re_search_2', to see
326           whether or not we should use the fastmap, so we don't set
327           this absolutely perfectly; see `re_compile_fastmap' (the
328           `duplicate' case).  */
329  unsigned can_be_null : 1;
330
331        /* If REGS_UNALLOCATED, allocate space in the `regs' structure
332             for `max (RE_NREGS, re_nsub + 1)' groups.
333           If REGS_REALLOCATE, reallocate space if necessary.
334           If REGS_FIXED, use what's there.  */
335#define REGS_UNALLOCATED 0
336#define REGS_REALLOCATE 1
337#define REGS_FIXED 2
338  unsigned regs_allocated : 2;
339
340        /* Set to zero when `regex_compile' compiles a pattern; set to one
341           by `re_compile_fastmap' if it updates the fastmap.  */
342  unsigned fastmap_accurate : 1;
343
344        /* If set, `re_match_2' does not return information about
345           subexpressions.  */
346  unsigned no_sub : 1;
347
348        /* If set, a beginning-of-line anchor doesn't match at the
349           beginning of the string.  */
350  unsigned not_bol : 1;
351
352        /* Similarly for an end-of-line anchor.  */
353  unsigned not_eol : 1;
354
355        /* If true, an anchor at a newline matches.  */
356  unsigned newline_anchor : 1;
357
358/* [[[end pattern_buffer]]] */
359};
360
361typedef struct re_pattern_buffer regex_t;
362
363
364/* search.c (search_buffer) in Emacs needs this one opcode value.  It is
365   defined both in `regex.c' and here.  */
366#define RE_EXACTN_VALUE 1
367
368/* Type for byte offsets within the string.  POSIX mandates this.  */
369typedef int regoff_t;
370
371
372/* This is the structure we store register match data in.  See
373   regex.texinfo for a full description of what registers match.  */
374struct re_registers
375{
376  unsigned num_regs;
377  regoff_t *start;
378  regoff_t *end;
379};
380
381
382/* If `regs_allocated' is REGS_UNALLOCATED in the pattern buffer,
383   `re_match_2' returns information about at least this many registers
384   the first time a `regs' structure is passed.  */
385#ifndef RE_NREGS
386#define RE_NREGS 30
387#endif
388
389
390/* POSIX specification for registers.  Aside from the different names than
391   `re_registers', POSIX uses an array of structures, instead of a
392   structure of arrays.  */
393typedef struct
394{
395  regoff_t rm_so;  /* Byte offset from string's start to substring's start.  */
396  regoff_t rm_eo;  /* Byte offset from string's start to substring's end.  */
397} regmatch_t;
398
399/* Declarations for routines.  */
400
401/* To avoid duplicating every routine declaration -- once with a
402   prototype (if we are ANSI), and once without (if we aren't) -- we
403   use the following macro to declare argument types.  This
404   unfortunately clutters up the declarations a bit, but I think it's
405   worth it.  */
406
407#ifdef __STDC__
408
409#define _RE_ARGS(args) args
410
411#else /* not __STDC__ */
412
413#define _RE_ARGS(args) ()
414
415#endif /* not __STDC__ */
416
417/* Sets the current default syntax to SYNTAX, and return the old syntax.
418   You can also simply assign to the `re_syntax_options' variable.  */
419extern reg_syntax_t re_set_syntax _RE_ARGS ((reg_syntax_t syntax));
420
421/* Compile the regular expression PATTERN, with length LENGTH
422   and syntax given by the global `re_syntax_options', into the buffer
423   BUFFER.  Return NULL if successful, and an error string if not.  */
424extern const char *re_compile_pattern
425  _RE_ARGS ((const char *pattern, size_t length,
426             struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer));
427
428
429/* Compile a fastmap for the compiled pattern in BUFFER; used to
430   accelerate searches.  Return 0 if successful and -2 if was an
431   internal error.  */
432extern int re_compile_fastmap _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer));
433
434
435/* Search in the string STRING (with length LENGTH) for the pattern
436   compiled into BUFFER.  Start searching at position START, for RANGE
437   characters.  Return the starting position of the match, -1 for no
438   match, or -2 for an internal error.  Also return register
439   information in REGS (if REGS and BUFFER->no_sub are nonzero).  */
440extern int re_search
441  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string,
442            int length, int start, int range, struct re_registers *regs));
443
444
445/* Like `re_search', but search in the concatenation of STRING1 and
446   STRING2.  Also, stop searching at index START + STOP.  */
447extern int re_search_2
448  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string1,
449             int length1, const char *string2, int length2,
450             int start, int range, struct re_registers *regs, int stop));
451
452
453/* Like `re_search', but return how many characters in STRING the regexp
454   in BUFFER matched, starting at position START.  */
455extern int re_match
456  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string,
457             int length, int start, struct re_registers *regs));
458
459
460/* Relates to `re_match' as `re_search_2' relates to `re_search'.  */
461extern int re_match_2
462  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, const char *string1,
463             int length1, const char *string2, int length2,
464             int start, struct re_registers *regs, int stop));
465
466
467/* Set REGS to hold NUM_REGS registers, storing them in STARTS and
468   ENDS.  Subsequent matches using BUFFER and REGS will use this memory
469   for recording register information.  STARTS and ENDS must be
470   allocated with malloc, and must each be at least `NUM_REGS * sizeof
471   (regoff_t)' bytes long.
472
473   If NUM_REGS == 0, then subsequent matches should allocate their own
474   register data.
475
476   Unless this function is called, the first search or match using
477   PATTERN_BUFFER will allocate its own register data, without
478   freeing the old data.  */
479extern void re_set_registers
480  _RE_ARGS ((struct re_pattern_buffer *buffer, struct re_registers *regs,
481             unsigned num_regs, regoff_t *starts, regoff_t *ends));
482
483/* 4.2 bsd compatibility.  */
484extern char *re_comp _RE_ARGS ((const char *));
485extern int re_exec _RE_ARGS ((const char *));
486
487/* POSIX compatibility.  */
488extern int regcomp _RE_ARGS ((regex_t *preg, const char *pattern, int cflags));
489extern int regexec
490  _RE_ARGS ((const regex_t *preg, const char *string, size_t nmatch,
491             regmatch_t pmatch[], int eflags));
492extern size_t regerror
493  _RE_ARGS ((int errcode, const regex_t *preg, char *errbuf,
494             size_t errbuf_size));
495extern void regfree _RE_ARGS ((regex_t *preg));
496
497#endif /* not __REGEXP_LIBRARY_H__ */
498
499/*
500Local variables:
501make-backup-files: t
502version-control: t
503trim-versions-without-asking: nil
504End:
505*/
506