Making regex replace CTFE by removing malloc

[Pierre Krafft via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 3 April 2015 at 03:58:33 UTC, ketmar wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:14:24 +0000, Pierre Krafft wrote:
>
>> What can replace malloc that can run on compile time and won't 
>> make it
>> slower at run time?
>
> this is actually two questions, so i'll answer to two questions.
>
> 1. What can replace malloc that can run on compile time?
> new ubyte[](size)
>
> 2. ...and won't make it slower at run time?
> but we can still use malloc in runtime! `if (_ctfe)` allows us 
> to select
> the necessary code branch.
>
> p.s. i don't think that this is the only problem, though. but i 
> never
> read "std.regexp" source. it's bad, 'cause i want to make it 
> work with
> any range, not only with strings. this will allow to run regexp 
> on
> anything -- and open way to my rbtree-based document system.

Thanks!
I'll take a look and see if I can make it work.