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1# regcomp.sym
2#
3# File has two sections, divided by a line of dashes '-'.
4#
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5# Lines beginning with # are ignored, except for those that start with #*
6# which are included in pod/perldebguts.pod. # within a line may be part
7# of a description.
03363afd 8#
486ec47a 9# First section is for regops, second section is for regmatch-states
03363afd 10#
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11# Note that the order in this file is important.
12#
03363afd 13# Format for first section:
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14# NAME \s+ TYPE, arg-description [num-args] [flags] [longjump-len] ; DESCRIPTION
15# flag <S> means is REGNODE_SIMPLE; flag <V> means is REGNODE_VARIES
03363afd 16#
3dab1dad 17#
c476f425 18# run perl regen.pl after editing this file
3dab1dad 19
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21
381b57db 22#* Exit points
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24END END, no ; End of program.
25SUCCEED END, no ; Return from a subroutine, basically.
d09b2d29 26
381b57db 27#* Anchors:
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29BOL BOL, no ; Match "" at beginning of line.
30MBOL BOL, no ; Same, assuming multiline.
31SBOL BOL, no ; Same, assuming singleline.
32EOS EOL, no ; Match "" at end of string.
33EOL EOL, no ; Match "" at end of line.
34MEOL EOL, no ; Same, assuming multiline.
35SEOL EOL, no ; Same, assuming singleline.
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36# The regops that have varieties that vary depending on the character set regex
37# modifiers have to ordered thusly: /d, /l, /u, /a, /aa. This is because code
38# in regcomp.c uses the enum value of the modifier as an offset from the /d
39# version. The complements must come after the non-complements.
3018b823 40# BOUND, POSIX and their complements are affected, as well as EXACTF.
850b7ec9 41BOUND BOUND, no ; Match "" at any word boundary using native charset rules for non-utf8
f2284805 42BOUNDL BOUND, no ; Match "" at any locale word boundary
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43BOUNDU BOUND, no ; Match "" at any word boundary using Unicode rules
44BOUNDA BOUND, no ; Match "" at any word boundary using ASCII rules
693fefec 45# All NBOUND nodes are required by code in regexec.c to be greater than all BOUND ones
850b7ec9 46NBOUND NBOUND, no ; Match "" at any word non-boundary using native charset rules for non-utf8
f2284805 47NBOUNDL NBOUND, no ; Match "" at any locale word non-boundary
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48NBOUNDU NBOUND, no ; Match "" at any word non-boundary using Unicode rules
49NBOUNDA NBOUND, no ; Match "" at any word non-boundary using ASCII rules
f8abb37e 50GPOS GPOS, no ; Matches where last m//g left off.
d09b2d29 51
381b57db 52#* [Special] alternatives:
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54REG_ANY REG_ANY, no 0 S ; Match any one character (except newline).
55SANY REG_ANY, no 0 S ; Match any one character.
56CANY REG_ANY, no 0 S ; Match any one byte.
0e019ad6 57ANYOF ANYOF, sv 0 S ; Match character in (or not in) this class, single char match only
693fefec 58
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59# Order of the below is important. See ordering comment above.
60POSIXD POSIXD, none 0 S ; Some [[:class:]] under /d; the FLAGS field gives which one
61POSIXL POSIXD, none 0 S ; Some [[:class:]] under /l; the FLAGS field gives which one
62POSIXU POSIXD, none 0 S ; Some [[:class:]] under /u; the FLAGS field gives which one
3615ea58 63POSIXA POSIXD, none 0 S ; Some [[:class:]] under /a; the FLAGS field gives which one
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64NPOSIXD NPOSIXD, none 0 S ; complement of POSIXD, [[:^class:]]
65NPOSIXL NPOSIXD, none 0 S ; complement of POSIXL, [[:^class:]]
66NPOSIXU NPOSIXD, none 0 S ; complement of POSIXU, [[:^class:]]
9e84774b 67NPOSIXA NPOSIXD, none 0 S ; complement of POSIXA, [[:^class:]]
3018b823 68# End of order is important
693fefec 69
2448cf39 70CLUMP CLUMP, no 0 V ; Match any extended grapheme cluster sequence
d09b2d29 71
381b57db 72#* Alternation
1de06328 73
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74#* BRANCH The set of branches constituting a single choice are
75#* hooked together with their "next" pointers, since
76#* precedence prevents anything being concatenated to
77#* any individual branch. The "next" pointer of the last
78#* BRANCH in a choice points to the thing following the
79#* whole choice. This is also where the final "next"
80#* pointer of each individual branch points; each branch
81#* starts with the operand node of a BRANCH node.
82#*
f9ef50a7 83BRANCH BRANCH, node 0 V ; Match this alternative, or the next...
d09b2d29 84
381b57db 85#*Back pointer
1de06328 86
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87#* BACK Normal "next" pointers all implicitly point forward;
88#* BACK exists to make loop structures possible.
89#* not used
f9ef50a7 90BACK BACK, no 0 V ; Match "", "next" ptr points backward.
d09b2d29 91
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92#*Literals
93# NOTE: the relative ordering of these types is important do not change it
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f8abb37e 95EXACT EXACT, str ; Match this string (preceded by length).
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96EXACTF EXACT, str ; Match this non-UTF-8 string (not guaranteed to be folded) using /id rules (w/len).
97EXACTFL EXACT, str ; Match this string (not guaranteed to be folded) using /il rules (w/len).
3c760661 98EXACTFU EXACT, str ; Match this string (folded iff in UTF-8, length in folding doesn't change if not in UTF-8) using /iu rules (w/len).
8c1182fd 99EXACTFA EXACT, str ; Match this string (not guaranteed to be folded) using /iaa rules (w/len).
3c760661 100EXACTFU_SS EXACT, str ; Match this string (folded iff in UTF-8, length in folding may change even if not in UTF-8) using /iu rules (w/len).
098b07d5 101EXACTFA_NO_TRIE EXACT, str ; Match this string (which is not trie-able; not guaranteed to be folded) using /iaa rules (w/len).
d09b2d29 102
381b57db 103#*Do nothing types
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f8abb37e 105NOTHING NOTHING, no ; Match empty string.
65aa4ca7 106#*A variant of above which delimits a group, thus stops optimizations
f8abb37e 107TAIL NOTHING, no ; Match empty string. Can jump here from outside.
d09b2d29 108
381b57db 109#*Loops
1de06328 110
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111#* STAR,PLUS '?', and complex '*' and '+', are implemented as
112#* circular BRANCH structures using BACK. Simple cases
113#* (one character per match) are implemented with STAR
114#* and PLUS for speed and to minimize recursive plunges.
115#*
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116STAR STAR, node 0 V ; Match this (simple) thing 0 or more times.
117PLUS PLUS, node 0 V ; Match this (simple) thing 1 or more times.
d09b2d29 118
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119CURLY CURLY, sv 2 V ; Match this simple thing {n,m} times.
120CURLYN CURLY, no 2 V ; Capture next-after-this simple thing
121CURLYM CURLY, no 2 V ; Capture this medium-complex thing {n,m} times.
122CURLYX CURLY, sv 2 V ; Match this complex thing {n,m} times.
d09b2d29 123
65aa4ca7 124#*This terminator creates a loop structure for CURLYX
f9ef50a7 125WHILEM WHILEM, no 0 V ; Do curly processing and see if rest matches.
d09b2d29 126
381b57db 127#*Buffer related
1de06328 128
65aa4ca7 129#*OPEN,CLOSE,GROUPP ...are numbered at compile time.
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130OPEN OPEN, num 1 ; Mark this point in input as start of #n.
131CLOSE CLOSE, num 1 ; Analogous to OPEN.
d09b2d29 132
f9ef50a7 133REF REF, num 1 V ; Match some already matched string
850b7ec9 134REFF REF, num 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded using native charset rules for non-utf8
f9ef50a7 135REFFL REF, num 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded in loc.
781aab5c 136# N?REFF[AU] could have been implemented using the FLAGS field of the
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137# regnode, but by having a separate node type, we can use the existing switch
138# statement to avoid some tests
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139REFFU REF, num 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded using unicode rules for non-utf8
140REFFA REF, num 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded using unicode rules for non-utf8, no mixing ASCII, non-ASCII
d09b2d29 141
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142#*Named references. Code in regcomp.c assumes that these all are after
143#*the numbered references
01f98ec2 144NREF REF, no-sv 1 V ; Match some already matched string
850b7ec9 145NREFF REF, no-sv 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded using native charset rules for non-utf8
01f98ec2 146NREFFL REF, no-sv 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded in loc.
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147NREFFU REF, num 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded using unicode rules for non-utf8
148NREFFA REF, num 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded using unicode rules for non-utf8, no mixing ASCII, non-ASCII
1de06328 149
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150IFMATCH BRANCHJ, off 1 . 2 ; Succeeds if the following matches.
151UNLESSM BRANCHJ, off 1 . 2 ; Fails if the following matches.
152SUSPEND BRANCHJ, off 1 V 1 ; "Independent" sub-RE.
65aa4ca7 153IFTHEN BRANCHJ, off 1 V 1 ; Switch, should be preceded by switcher.
f8abb37e 154GROUPP GROUPP, num 1 ; Whether the group matched.
d09b2d29 155
381b57db 156#*Support for long RE
1de06328 157
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158LONGJMP LONGJMP, off 1 . 1 ; Jump far away.
159BRANCHJ BRANCHJ, off 1 V 1 ; BRANCH with long offset.
d09b2d29 160
381b57db 161#*The heavy worker
1de06328 162
f8abb37e 163EVAL EVAL, evl 1 ; Execute some Perl code.
d09b2d29 164
381b57db 165#*Modifiers
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167MINMOD MINMOD, no ; Next operator is not greedy.
168LOGICAL LOGICAL, no ; Next opcode should set the flag only.
d09b2d29 169
65aa4ca7 170#*This is not used yet
f9ef50a7 171RENUM BRANCHJ, off 1 . 1 ; Group with independently numbered parens.
d09b2d29 172
381b57db 173#*Trie Related
1de06328 174
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175#* Behave the same as A|LIST|OF|WORDS would. The '..C' variants
176#* have inline charclass data (ascii only), the 'C' store it in the
177#* structure.
486ec47a 178# NOTE: the relative order of the TRIE-like regops is significant
ce5e9471 179
7986cb47 180TRIE TRIE, trie 1 ; Match many EXACT(F[ALU]?)? at once. flags==type
f8abb37e 181TRIEC TRIE,trie charclass ; Same as TRIE, but with embedded charclass data
3dab1dad 182
1de06328 183# For start classes, contains an added fail table.
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184AHOCORASICK TRIE, trie 1 ; Aho Corasick stclass. flags==type
185AHOCORASICKC TRIE,trie charclass ; Same as AHOCORASICK, but with embedded charclass data
1de06328 186
381b57db 187#*Regex Subroutines
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188GOSUB GOSUB, num/ofs 2L ; recurse to paren arg1 at (signed) ofs arg2
189GOSTART GOSTART, no ; recurse to start of pattern
03363afd 190
381b57db 191#*Special conditionals
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192NGROUPP NGROUPP, no-sv 1 ; Whether the group matched.
193INSUBP INSUBP, num 1 ; Whether we are in a specific recurse.
194DEFINEP DEFINEP, none 1 ; Never execute directly.
0a4db386 195
486ec47a 196#*Backtracking Verbs
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197ENDLIKE ENDLIKE, none ; Used only for the type field of verbs
198OPFAIL ENDLIKE, none ; Same as (?!)
199ACCEPT ENDLIKE, parno 1 ; Accepts the current matched string.
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201
202#*Verbs With Arguments
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203VERB VERB, no-sv 1 ; Used only for the type field of verbs
204PRUNE VERB, no-sv 1 ; Pattern fails at this startpoint if no-backtracking through this
205MARKPOINT VERB, no-sv 1 ; Push the current location for rollback by cut.
206SKIP VERB, no-sv 1 ; On failure skip forward (to the mark) before retrying
207COMMIT VERB, no-sv 1 ; Pattern fails outright if backtracking through this
208CUTGROUP VERB, no-sv 1 ; On failure go to the next alternation in the group
e2e6a0f1 209
ee9b8eae 210#*Control what to keep in $&.
f8abb37e 211KEEPS KEEPS, no ; $& begins here.
ee9b8eae 212
e1d1eefb 213#*New charclass like patterns
f8abb37e 214LNBREAK LNBREAK, none ; generic newline pattern
3172e3fd 215
381b57db 216# NEW STUFF SOMEWHERE ABOVE THIS LINE
1de06328 217
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218################################################################################
219
7f69552c 220#*SPECIAL REGOPS
1de06328 221
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222#* This is not really a node, but an optimized away piece of a "long"
223#* node. To simplify debugging output, we mark it as if it were a node
f8abb37e 224OPTIMIZED NOTHING, off ; Placeholder for dump.
1de06328 225
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226#* Special opcode with the property that no opcode in a compiled program
227#* will ever be of this type. Thus it can be used as a flag value that
228#* no other opcode has been seen. END is used similarly, in that an END
229#* node cant be optimized. So END implies "unoptimizable" and PSEUDO
230#* mean "not seen anything to optimize yet".
f8abb37e 231PSEUDO PSEUDO, off ; Pseudo opcode for internal use.
1de06328 232
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233-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
234# Format for second section:
65aa4ca7 235# REGOP \t typelist [ \t typelist]
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236# typelist= namelist
237# = namelist:FAIL
238# = name:count
239
240# Anything below is a state
241#
242#
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243TRIE next:FAIL
244EVAL AB:FAIL
245CURLYX end:FAIL
246WHILEM A_pre,A_min,A_max,B_min,B_max:FAIL
247BRANCH next:FAIL
248CURLYM A,B:FAIL
249IFMATCH A:FAIL
250CURLY B_min_known,B_min,B_max:FAIL
251COMMIT next:FAIL
252MARKPOINT next:FAIL
253SKIP next:FAIL
254CUTGROUP next:FAIL
255KEEPS next:FAIL