# perl-regular-expression-engine.api
#
# Implements a perl-like regular expressions matcher.
# This module is based on backtracking search.
# Compiled by:
# src/lib/std/standard.lib### "Things that began as neat but small tools,
### like Perl or Python, say, are suddenly more
### central in the whole scheme of things."
###
### -- Dennis Ritchie
# Calling 'multiline' on a regex
# returns a clone of it with its
# internal 'multiline' flag set to TRUE.
#
# Calling 'singleline' on a regex
# returns a clone of it with its
# internal 'multiline' flag set to FALSE.
#
# The only difference is that when
# multiline is set to TRUE,
# ^ and $ match newlines in the
# string, otherwise they match
# only the absolute start and
# end of the string.
api Perl_Regular_Expression_Engine {
include api Regular_Expression_Engine; # Regular_Expression_Engine is from src/lib/regex/backend/regular-expression-engine.api multiline: Compiled_Regular_Expression -> Compiled_Regular_Expression; # Do multiple line matching
singleline: Compiled_Regular_Expression -> Compiled_Regular_Expression; # Do single line matching
optimize: Compiled_Regular_Expression -> Compiled_Regular_Expression; # Optimize for matching speed
};