• Martin <Martin_member pathlink.com> Jun 29 2005
• "Craig Black" <cblack ara.com> Jun 29 2005
• "Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> Jun 29 2005

Martin <Martin_member pathlink.com> writes:

Does D have a capability to compile regular expressions (with compiling other
source code)?

Interpreted regular expressions are much slower than compiled ones.

Can anyone tell if D has this capability or will get it in the future? 

"Craig Black" <cblack ara.com> writes:

 Does D have a capability to compile regular expressions (with compiling 
 other
 source code)?


No. The regular expression support is a part of the Phobos run-time library.

 Interpreted regular expressions are much slower than compiled ones.


Stands to reason.

 Can anyone tell if D has this capability or will get it in the future?


Maybe in the distant future.  I would not expect this to be a huge priority 
for Walter.

-Craig

"Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

"Martin" <Martin_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
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 Does D have a capability to compile regular expressions (with compiling


 source code)?

 Interpreted regular expressions are much slower than compiled ones.

 Can anyone tell if D has this capability or will get it in the future?


The regular expression support is completely done in std.regexp, the
compiler/language knows nothing about it.