Problem with std.regex: *+? not allowed in atom

[Dmitry Olshansky]

On 26.02.2011 19:52, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2011-02-26 12:29, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
>> On 26.02.2011 14:10, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>> I'm trying to use the std.regex module but when I run my application I
>>> get an exception. The exception message says:
>>>
>>> *+? not allowed in atom
>>>
>>> The code I have is:
>>>
>>> import std.regex;
>>>
>>> void main ()
>>> {
>>> regex(`\.(?=(?:[^\"]*\"[^\"]*\")*(?![^\"]*\"))`, "m");
>>> }
>>
>> Well the thing is, std.regex is not quite ECMA complaint (as vaguely
>> stated in docs). To the best of my knowledge not a single one variant of
>> the forms (?:...) ... (?=...) is supported . Also see
>> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5169, you may try out my
>> patch there to support (?:...). It's a slightly outdated, but std.regex
>> wasn't in very active development.
>
> I tried the patch but with no success. I still get the same error.
>
The patch fixes only (?: ) form and not the lookahead and others. Sorry, 
it was the only one I needed back then.
I'll  check if I can make a patch for them as well when I have some 
spare time. That's would be around monday if, of course,  nobody else 
wishes to rush into the depths of std.regex.

-- 
Dmitry Olshansky