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

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-03-01 16:54, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
> On 27.02.2011 13:41, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>> On 2011-02-26 19:49, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
>>> 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 It's a slightly outdated, but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.
>>
>> Ok.
>>
> So here it is, hot and bobbling. For now no lookbehind.
> I added it into another Bugzilla
> requesthttp://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5673
>

Ok, thanks.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg