[Issue 1750] New: RegExp: lack of support for wchar, dchar; lack of lookingAt() method

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1750

           Summary: RegExp: lack of support for wchar, dchar; lack of
                    lookingAt() method
           Product: D
           Version: 2.008
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: bugzilla at digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: aarti at interia.pl


1. RegExp should work for at least wchar & dchar. Maybe also for integral array
types (e.g. int[]).

2. There is no bool lookingAt() method which tries to match string at its
beginning and if it doesn't match return. For reference:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/regex/Matcher.html
Currently it is very ineffective to match pattern in incoming stream of data.
Solution with lookingAt() will be much faster.


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