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1 | package re; |
2 | ||
99cc5cc6 | 3 | # pragma for controlling the regexp engine |
de8c5301 YO |
4 | use strict; |
5 | use warnings; | |
6 | ||
281a2b65 | 7 | our $VERSION = "0.14"; |
de8c5301 | 8 | our @ISA = qw(Exporter); |
ec781434 | 9 | our @EXPORT_OK = ('regmust', |
192c1e27 JH |
10 | qw(is_regexp regexp_pattern |
11 | regname regnames regnames_count)); | |
de8c5301 YO |
12 | our %EXPORT_OK = map { $_ => 1 } @EXPORT_OK; |
13 | ||
de8c5301 YO |
14 | my %bitmask = ( |
15 | taint => 0x00100000, # HINT_RE_TAINT | |
16 | eval => 0x00200000, # HINT_RE_EVAL | |
17 | ); | |
18 | ||
1e215989 FC |
19 | my $flags_hint = 0x02000000; # HINT_RE_FLAGS |
20 | my $PMMOD_SHIFT = 0; | |
21 | my %reflags = ( | |
22 | m => 1 << ($PMMOD_SHIFT + 0), | |
23 | s => 1 << ($PMMOD_SHIFT + 1), | |
24 | i => 1 << ($PMMOD_SHIFT + 2), | |
25 | x => 1 << ($PMMOD_SHIFT + 3), | |
26 | p => 1 << ($PMMOD_SHIFT + 4), | |
27 | # special cases: | |
28 | l => 1 << ($PMMOD_SHIFT + 5), | |
29 | u => 1 << ($PMMOD_SHIFT + 6), | |
30 | d => 0, | |
31 | ); | |
32 | ||
de8c5301 YO |
33 | sub setcolor { |
34 | eval { # Ignore errors | |
35 | require Term::Cap; | |
36 | ||
37 | my $terminal = Tgetent Term::Cap ({OSPEED => 9600}); # Avoid warning. | |
38 | my $props = $ENV{PERL_RE_TC} || 'md,me,so,se,us,ue'; | |
39 | my @props = split /,/, $props; | |
40 | my $colors = join "\t", map {$terminal->Tputs($_,1)} @props; | |
41 | ||
42 | $colors =~ s/\0//g; | |
43 | $ENV{PERL_RE_COLORS} = $colors; | |
44 | }; | |
45 | if ($@) { | |
46 | $ENV{PERL_RE_COLORS} ||= qq'\t\t> <\t> <\t\t'; | |
47 | } | |
48 | ||
49 | } | |
50 | ||
51 | my %flags = ( | |
52 | COMPILE => 0x0000FF, | |
53 | PARSE => 0x000001, | |
54 | OPTIMISE => 0x000002, | |
55 | TRIEC => 0x000004, | |
56 | DUMP => 0x000008, | |
f7819f85 | 57 | FLAGS => 0x000010, |
de8c5301 YO |
58 | |
59 | EXECUTE => 0x00FF00, | |
60 | INTUIT => 0x000100, | |
61 | MATCH => 0x000200, | |
62 | TRIEE => 0x000400, | |
63 | ||
64 | EXTRA => 0xFF0000, | |
65 | TRIEM => 0x010000, | |
66 | OFFSETS => 0x020000, | |
67 | OFFSETSDBG => 0x040000, | |
68 | STATE => 0x080000, | |
69 | OPTIMISEM => 0x100000, | |
70 | STACK => 0x280000, | |
e7707071 | 71 | BUFFERS => 0x400000, |
2c296965 | 72 | GPOS => 0x800000, |
de8c5301 | 73 | ); |
e7707071 | 74 | $flags{ALL} = -1 & ~($flags{OFFSETS}|$flags{OFFSETSDBG}|$flags{BUFFERS}); |
de8c5301 | 75 | $flags{All} = $flags{all} = $flags{DUMP} | $flags{EXECUTE}; |
2c296965 | 76 | $flags{Extra} = $flags{EXECUTE} | $flags{COMPILE} | $flags{GPOS}; |
de8c5301 YO |
77 | $flags{More} = $flags{MORE} = $flags{All} | $flags{TRIEC} | $flags{TRIEM} | $flags{STATE}; |
78 | $flags{State} = $flags{DUMP} | $flags{EXECUTE} | $flags{STATE}; | |
79 | $flags{TRIE} = $flags{DUMP} | $flags{EXECUTE} | $flags{TRIEC}; | |
80 | ||
ec781434 NC |
81 | if (defined &DynaLoader::boot_DynaLoader) { |
82 | require XSLoader; | |
da4061d3 | 83 | XSLoader::load(); |
de8c5301 | 84 | } |
ec781434 NC |
85 | # else we're miniperl |
86 | # We need to work for miniperl, because the XS toolchain uses Text::Wrap, which | |
87 | # uses re 'taint'. | |
de8c5301 YO |
88 | |
89 | sub _load_unload { | |
90 | my ($on)= @_; | |
91 | if ($on) { | |
ec781434 NC |
92 | # We call install() every time, as if we didn't, we wouldn't |
93 | # "see" any changes to the color environment var since | |
94 | # the last time it was called. | |
95 | ||
96 | # install() returns an integer, which if casted properly | |
99cc5cc6 | 97 | # in C resolves to a structure containing the regexp |
ec781434 NC |
98 | # hooks. Setting it to a random integer will guarantee |
99 | # segfaults. | |
100 | $^H{regcomp} = install(); | |
de8c5301 YO |
101 | } else { |
102 | delete $^H{regcomp}; | |
103 | } | |
104 | } | |
105 | ||
106 | sub bits { | |
107 | my $on = shift; | |
108 | my $bits = 0; | |
109 | unless (@_) { | |
110 | require Carp; | |
111 | Carp::carp("Useless use of \"re\" pragma"); | |
112 | } | |
1e215989 | 113 | ARG: |
de8c5301 YO |
114 | foreach my $idx (0..$#_){ |
115 | my $s=$_[$idx]; | |
116 | if ($s eq 'Debug' or $s eq 'Debugcolor') { | |
117 | setcolor() if $s =~/color/i; | |
118 | ${^RE_DEBUG_FLAGS} = 0 unless defined ${^RE_DEBUG_FLAGS}; | |
119 | for my $idx ($idx+1..$#_) { | |
120 | if ($flags{$_[$idx]}) { | |
121 | if ($on) { | |
122 | ${^RE_DEBUG_FLAGS} |= $flags{$_[$idx]}; | |
123 | } else { | |
124 | ${^RE_DEBUG_FLAGS} &= ~ $flags{$_[$idx]}; | |
125 | } | |
126 | } else { | |
127 | require Carp; | |
128 | Carp::carp("Unknown \"re\" Debug flag '$_[$idx]', possible flags: ", | |
129 | join(", ",sort keys %flags ) ); | |
130 | } | |
131 | } | |
132 | _load_unload($on ? 1 : ${^RE_DEBUG_FLAGS}); | |
133 | last; | |
134 | } elsif ($s eq 'debug' or $s eq 'debugcolor') { | |
135 | setcolor() if $s =~/color/i; | |
136 | _load_unload($on); | |
66e6b4c5 | 137 | last; |
de8c5301 YO |
138 | } elsif (exists $bitmask{$s}) { |
139 | $bits |= $bitmask{$s}; | |
140 | } elsif ($EXPORT_OK{$s}) { | |
de8c5301 YO |
141 | require Exporter; |
142 | re->export_to_level(2, 're', $s); | |
1e215989 FC |
143 | } elsif ($s =~ s/^\///) { |
144 | my $reflags = $^H{reflags} || 0; | |
145 | for(split//, $s) { | |
146 | if (/[dul]/) { | |
147 | if ($on) { | |
148 | $^H{reflags_dul} = $reflags{$_}; | |
149 | } | |
150 | else { | |
151 | delete $^H{reflags_dul} | |
152 | if defined $^H{reflags_dul} | |
153 | && $^H{reflags_dul} == $reflags{$_}; | |
154 | } | |
155 | } elsif (exists $reflags{$_}) { | |
156 | $on | |
157 | ? $reflags |= $reflags{$_} | |
158 | : ($reflags &= ~$reflags{$_}); | |
159 | } else { | |
160 | require Carp; | |
161 | Carp::carp( | |
162 | qq'Unknown regular expression flag "$_"' | |
163 | ); | |
164 | next ARG; | |
165 | } | |
166 | } | |
167 | ($^H{reflags} = $reflags or defined $^H{reflags_dul}) | |
168 | ? $^H |= $flags_hint | |
169 | : ($^H &= ~$flags_hint); | |
de8c5301 YO |
170 | } else { |
171 | require Carp; | |
172 | Carp::carp("Unknown \"re\" subpragma '$s' (known ones are: ", | |
173 | join(', ', map {qq('$_')} 'debug', 'debugcolor', sort keys %bitmask), | |
174 | ")"); | |
175 | } | |
176 | } | |
177 | $bits; | |
178 | } | |
179 | ||
180 | sub import { | |
181 | shift; | |
182 | $^H |= bits(1, @_); | |
183 | } | |
184 | ||
185 | sub unimport { | |
186 | shift; | |
187 | $^H &= ~ bits(0, @_); | |
188 | } | |
189 | ||
190 | 1; | |
191 | ||
192 | __END__ | |
56953603 | 193 | |
b3eb6a9b GS |
194 | =head1 NAME |
195 | ||
196 | re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour | |
197 | ||
198 | =head1 SYNOPSIS | |
199 | ||
e4d48cc9 GS |
200 | use re 'taint'; |
201 | ($x) = ($^X =~ /^(.*)$/s); # $x is tainted here | |
b3eb6a9b | 202 | |
2cd61cdb | 203 | $pat = '(?{ $foo = 1 })'; |
e4d48cc9 | 204 | use re 'eval'; |
2cd61cdb | 205 | /foo${pat}bar/; # won't fail (when not under -T switch) |
e4d48cc9 GS |
206 | |
207 | { | |
208 | no re 'taint'; # the default | |
209 | ($x) = ($^X =~ /^(.*)$/s); # $x is not tainted here | |
210 | ||
211 | no re 'eval'; # the default | |
2cd61cdb | 212 | /foo${pat}bar/; # disallowed (with or without -T switch) |
e4d48cc9 | 213 | } |
b3eb6a9b | 214 | |
1e215989 FC |
215 | use re '/ix'; |
216 | "FOO" =~ / foo /; # /ix implied | |
217 | no re '/x'; | |
218 | "FOO" =~ /foo/; # just /i implied | |
219 | ||
1e2e3d02 YO |
220 | use re 'debug'; # output debugging info during |
221 | /^(.*)$/s; # compile and run time | |
222 | ||
2cd61cdb | 223 | |
02ea72ae IZ |
224 | use re 'debugcolor'; # same as 'debug', but with colored output |
225 | ... | |
226 | ||
a3621e74 | 227 | use re qw(Debug All); # Finer tuned debugging options. |
4ee9a43f | 228 | use re qw(Debug More); |
fe759410 | 229 | no re qw(Debug ALL); # Turn of all re debugging in this scope |
4ee9a43f | 230 | |
de8c5301 YO |
231 | use re qw(is_regexp regexp_pattern); # import utility functions |
232 | my ($pat,$mods)=regexp_pattern(qr/foo/i); | |
233 | if (is_regexp($obj)) { | |
234 | print "Got regexp: ", | |
235 | scalar regexp_pattern($obj); # just as perl would stringify it | |
236 | } # but no hassle with blessed re's. | |
a3621e74 | 237 | |
3ffabb8c GS |
238 | (We use $^X in these examples because it's tainted by default.) |
239 | ||
b3eb6a9b GS |
240 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
241 | ||
de8c5301 YO |
242 | =head2 'taint' mode |
243 | ||
b3eb6a9b | 244 | When C<use re 'taint'> is in effect, and a tainted string is the target |
99cc5cc6 A |
245 | of a regexp, the regexp memories (or values returned by the m// operator |
246 | in list context) are tainted. This feature is useful when regexp operations | |
e4d48cc9 GS |
247 | on tainted data aren't meant to extract safe substrings, but to perform |
248 | other transformations. | |
b3eb6a9b | 249 | |
de8c5301 YO |
250 | =head2 'eval' mode |
251 | ||
99cc5cc6 | 252 | When C<use re 'eval'> is in effect, a regexp is allowed to contain |
0b370c0a A |
253 | C<(?{ ... })> zero-width assertions and C<(??{ ... })> postponed |
254 | subexpressions, even if the regular expression contains | |
ffbc6a93 | 255 | variable interpolation. That is normally disallowed, since it is a |
2cd61cdb IZ |
256 | potential security risk. Note that this pragma is ignored when the regular |
257 | expression is obtained from tainted data, i.e. evaluation is always | |
0b370c0a | 258 | disallowed with tainted regular expressions. See L<perlre/(?{ code })> |
bb1773de | 259 | and L<perlre/(??{ code })>. |
2cd61cdb | 260 | |
ffbc6a93 | 261 | For the purpose of this pragma, interpolation of precompiled regular |
0a92e3a8 GS |
262 | expressions (i.e., the result of C<qr//>) is I<not> considered variable |
263 | interpolation. Thus: | |
2cd61cdb IZ |
264 | |
265 | /foo${pat}bar/ | |
266 | ||
ffbc6a93 | 267 | I<is> allowed if $pat is a precompiled regular expression, even |
0b370c0a | 268 | if $pat contains C<(?{ ... })> assertions or C<(??{ ... })> subexpressions. |
2cd61cdb | 269 | |
1e215989 FC |
270 | =head2 '/flags' mode |
271 | ||
272 | When C<use re '/flags'> is specified, the given flags are automatically | |
273 | added to every regular expression till the end of the lexical scope. | |
274 | ||
275 | C<no re '/flags'> will turn off the effect of C<use re '/flags'> for the | |
276 | given flags. | |
277 | ||
278 | For example, if you want all your regular expressions to have /msx on by | |
279 | default, simply put | |
280 | ||
281 | use re '/msx'; | |
282 | ||
283 | at the top of your code. | |
284 | ||
285 | The /dul flags cancel each other out. So, in this example, | |
286 | ||
287 | use re "/u"; | |
288 | "ss" =~ /\xdf/; | |
289 | use re "/d"; | |
290 | "ss" =~ /\xdf/; | |
291 | ||
292 | The second C<use re> does an implicit C<no re '/u'>. | |
293 | ||
294 | Turning on the /l and /u flags with C<use re> takes precedence over the | |
295 | C<locale> pragma and the 'unicode_strings' C<feature>, for regular | |
296 | expressions. Turning off one of these flags when it is active reverts to | |
297 | the behaviour specified by whatever other pragmata are in scope. For | |
298 | example: | |
299 | ||
300 | use feature "unicode_strings"; | |
301 | no re "/u"; # does nothing | |
302 | use re "/l"; | |
303 | no re "/l"; # reverts to unicode_strings behaviour | |
304 | ||
de8c5301 YO |
305 | =head2 'debug' mode |
306 | ||
ffbc6a93 | 307 | When C<use re 'debug'> is in effect, perl emits debugging messages when |
2cd61cdb IZ |
308 | compiling and using regular expressions. The output is the same as that |
309 | obtained by running a C<-DDEBUGGING>-enabled perl interpreter with the | |
310 | B<-Dr> switch. It may be quite voluminous depending on the complexity | |
02ea72ae IZ |
311 | of the match. Using C<debugcolor> instead of C<debug> enables a |
312 | form of output that can be used to get a colorful display on terminals | |
313 | that understand termcap color sequences. Set C<$ENV{PERL_RE_TC}> to a | |
314 | comma-separated list of C<termcap> properties to use for highlighting | |
ffbc6a93 | 315 | strings on/off, pre-point part on/off. |
2cd61cdb IZ |
316 | See L<perldebug/"Debugging regular expressions"> for additional info. |
317 | ||
de8c5301 YO |
318 | As of 5.9.5 the directive C<use re 'debug'> and its equivalents are |
319 | lexically scoped, as the other directives are. However they have both | |
320 | compile-time and run-time effects. | |
321 | ||
322 | See L<perlmodlib/Pragmatic Modules>. | |
323 | ||
324 | =head2 'Debug' mode | |
325 | ||
a3621e74 YO |
326 | Similarly C<use re 'Debug'> produces debugging output, the difference |
327 | being that it allows the fine tuning of what debugging output will be | |
be8e71aa YO |
328 | emitted. Options are divided into three groups, those related to |
329 | compilation, those related to execution and those related to special | |
330 | purposes. The options are as follows: | |
331 | ||
332 | =over 4 | |
333 | ||
334 | =item Compile related options | |
335 | ||
336 | =over 4 | |
337 | ||
338 | =item COMPILE | |
339 | ||
340 | Turns on all compile related debug options. | |
341 | ||
342 | =item PARSE | |
343 | ||
344 | Turns on debug output related to the process of parsing the pattern. | |
345 | ||
346 | =item OPTIMISE | |
347 | ||
348 | Enables output related to the optimisation phase of compilation. | |
349 | ||
24b23f37 | 350 | =item TRIEC |
be8e71aa YO |
351 | |
352 | Detailed info about trie compilation. | |
353 | ||
354 | =item DUMP | |
355 | ||
356 | Dump the final program out after it is compiled and optimised. | |
357 | ||
be8e71aa YO |
358 | =back |
359 | ||
360 | =item Execute related options | |
361 | ||
362 | =over 4 | |
363 | ||
364 | =item EXECUTE | |
365 | ||
366 | Turns on all execute related debug options. | |
367 | ||
368 | =item MATCH | |
369 | ||
370 | Turns on debugging of the main matching loop. | |
371 | ||
24b23f37 | 372 | =item TRIEE |
be8e71aa YO |
373 | |
374 | Extra debugging of how tries execute. | |
375 | ||
376 | =item INTUIT | |
377 | ||
378 | Enable debugging of start point optimisations. | |
379 | ||
380 | =back | |
381 | ||
382 | =item Extra debugging options | |
383 | ||
384 | =over 4 | |
385 | ||
386 | =item EXTRA | |
387 | ||
388 | Turns on all "extra" debugging options. | |
389 | ||
e7707071 YO |
390 | =item BUFFERS |
391 | ||
c27a5cfe | 392 | Enable debugging the capture group storage during match. Warning, |
e7707071 YO |
393 | this can potentially produce extremely large output. |
394 | ||
24b23f37 YO |
395 | =item TRIEM |
396 | ||
397 | Enable enhanced TRIE debugging. Enhances both TRIEE | |
398 | and TRIEC. | |
399 | ||
400 | =item STATE | |
401 | ||
4ee9a43f | 402 | Enable debugging of states in the engine. |
24b23f37 YO |
403 | |
404 | =item STACK | |
be8e71aa | 405 | |
24b23f37 YO |
406 | Enable debugging of the recursion stack in the engine. Enabling |
407 | or disabling this option automatically does the same for debugging | |
408 | states as well. This output from this can be quite large. | |
409 | ||
410 | =item OPTIMISEM | |
411 | ||
412 | Enable enhanced optimisation debugging and start point optimisations. | |
99cc5cc6 | 413 | Probably not useful except when debugging the regexp engine itself. |
24b23f37 YO |
414 | |
415 | =item OFFSETS | |
416 | ||
417 | Dump offset information. This can be used to see how regops correlate | |
418 | to the pattern. Output format is | |
419 | ||
420 | NODENUM:POSITION[LENGTH] | |
421 | ||
422 | Where 1 is the position of the first char in the string. Note that position | |
423 | can be 0, or larger than the actual length of the pattern, likewise length | |
424 | can be zero. | |
be8e71aa | 425 | |
24b23f37 | 426 | =item OFFSETSDBG |
be8e71aa YO |
427 | |
428 | Enable debugging of offsets information. This emits copious | |
fe759410 | 429 | amounts of trace information and doesn't mesh well with other |
be8e71aa YO |
430 | debug options. |
431 | ||
fe759410 | 432 | Almost definitely only useful to people hacking |
be8e71aa YO |
433 | on the offsets part of the debug engine. |
434 | ||
435 | =back | |
436 | ||
437 | =item Other useful flags | |
438 | ||
439 | These are useful shortcuts to save on the typing. | |
440 | ||
441 | =over 4 | |
442 | ||
443 | =item ALL | |
444 | ||
e7707071 | 445 | Enable all options at once except OFFSETS, OFFSETSDBG and BUFFERS |
be8e71aa YO |
446 | |
447 | =item All | |
448 | ||
fe759410 | 449 | Enable DUMP and all execute options. Equivalent to: |
be8e71aa YO |
450 | |
451 | use re 'debug'; | |
452 | ||
453 | =item MORE | |
454 | ||
455 | =item More | |
456 | ||
24b23f37 | 457 | Enable TRIEM and all execute compile and execute options. |
be8e71aa | 458 | |
dba3f186 | 459 | =back |
be8e71aa | 460 | |
dba3f186 | 461 | =back |
a3621e74 | 462 | |
1e2e3d02 | 463 | As of 5.9.5 the directive C<use re 'debug'> and its equivalents are |
4ee9a43f | 464 | lexically scoped, as the other directives are. However they have both |
1e2e3d02 | 465 | compile-time and run-time effects. |
b3eb6a9b | 466 | |
de8c5301 | 467 | =head2 Exportable Functions |
b3eb6a9b | 468 | |
de8c5301 | 469 | As of perl 5.9.5 're' debug contains a number of utility functions that |
4ee9a43f | 470 | may be optionally exported into the caller's namespace. They are listed |
de8c5301 | 471 | below. |
b3eb6a9b | 472 | |
de8c5301 | 473 | =over 4 |
b3eb6a9b | 474 | |
de8c5301 | 475 | =item is_regexp($ref) |
02ea72ae | 476 | |
de8c5301 | 477 | Returns true if the argument is a compiled regular expression as returned |
4ee9a43f | 478 | by C<qr//>, false if it is not. |
02ea72ae | 479 | |
4ee9a43f RGS |
480 | This function will not be confused by overloading or blessing. In |
481 | internals terms, this extracts the regexp pointer out of the | |
3a5e0888 | 482 | PERL_MAGIC_qr structure so it cannot be fooled. |
894be9b7 | 483 | |
de8c5301 | 484 | =item regexp_pattern($ref) |
02ea72ae | 485 | |
4ee9a43f RGS |
486 | If the argument is a compiled regular expression as returned by C<qr//>, |
487 | then this function returns the pattern. | |
be8e71aa | 488 | |
4ee9a43f RGS |
489 | In list context it returns a two element list, the first element |
490 | containing the pattern and the second containing the modifiers used when | |
491 | the pattern was compiled. | |
be8e71aa | 492 | |
4ee9a43f | 493 | my ($pat, $mods) = regexp_pattern($ref); |
a3621e74 | 494 | |
99cc5cc6 | 495 | In scalar context it returns the same as perl would when stringifying a raw |
4ee9a43f RGS |
496 | C<qr//> with the same pattern inside. If the argument is not a compiled |
497 | reference then this routine returns false but defined in scalar context, | |
498 | and the empty list in list context. Thus the following | |
f9f4320a | 499 | |
dff5e0c4 | 500 | if (regexp_pattern($ref) eq '(?^i:foo)') |
dba3f186 | 501 | |
de8c5301 | 502 | will be warning free regardless of what $ref actually is. |
380e0b81 | 503 | |
4ee9a43f RGS |
504 | Like C<is_regexp> this function will not be confused by overloading |
505 | or blessing of the object. | |
b3eb6a9b | 506 | |
256ddcd0 YO |
507 | =item regmust($ref) |
508 | ||
432acd5f | 509 | If the argument is a compiled regular expression as returned by C<qr//>, |
99cc5cc6 | 510 | then this function returns what the optimiser considers to be the longest |
432acd5f RGS |
511 | anchored fixed string and longest floating fixed string in the pattern. |
512 | ||
513 | A I<fixed string> is defined as being a substring that must appear for the | |
514 | pattern to match. An I<anchored fixed string> is a fixed string that must | |
515 | appear at a particular offset from the beginning of the match. A I<floating | |
516 | fixed string> is defined as a fixed string that can appear at any point in | |
517 | a range of positions relative to the start of the match. For example, | |
518 | ||
519 | my $qr = qr/here .* there/x; | |
520 | my ($anchored, $floating) = regmust($qr); | |
256ddcd0 | 521 | print "anchored:'$anchored'\nfloating:'$floating'\n"; |
432acd5f | 522 | |
256ddcd0 YO |
523 | results in |
524 | ||
525 | anchored:'here' | |
526 | floating:'there' | |
527 | ||
432acd5f RGS |
528 | Because the C<here> is before the C<.*> in the pattern, its position |
529 | can be determined exactly. That's not true, however, for the C<there>; | |
530 | it could appear at any point after where the anchored string appeared. | |
256ddcd0 YO |
531 | Perl uses both for its optimisations, prefering the longer, or, if they are |
532 | equal, the floating. | |
533 | ||
534 | B<NOTE:> This may not necessarily be the definitive longest anchored and | |
432acd5f | 535 | floating string. This will be what the optimiser of the Perl that you |
256ddcd0 YO |
536 | are using thinks is the longest. If you believe that the result is wrong |
537 | please report it via the L<perlbug> utility. | |
538 | ||
28d8d7f4 | 539 | =item regname($name,$all) |
44a2ac75 | 540 | |
28d8d7f4 YO |
541 | Returns the contents of a named buffer of the last successful match. If |
542 | $all is true, then returns an array ref containing one entry per buffer, | |
44a2ac75 YO |
543 | otherwise returns the first defined buffer. |
544 | ||
28d8d7f4 | 545 | =item regnames($all) |
44a2ac75 | 546 | |
28d8d7f4 YO |
547 | Returns a list of all of the named buffers defined in the last successful |
548 | match. If $all is true, then it returns all names defined, if not it returns | |
549 | only names which were involved in the match. | |
44a2ac75 | 550 | |
28d8d7f4 | 551 | =item regnames_count() |
44a2ac75 | 552 | |
28d8d7f4 YO |
553 | Returns the number of distinct names defined in the pattern used |
554 | for the last successful match. | |
44a2ac75 | 555 | |
28d8d7f4 YO |
556 | B<Note:> this result is always the actual number of distinct |
557 | named buffers defined, it may not actually match that which is | |
558 | returned by C<regnames()> and related routines when those routines | |
559 | have not been called with the $all parameter set. | |
44a2ac75 | 560 | |
de8c5301 | 561 | =back |
b3eb6a9b | 562 | |
de8c5301 | 563 | =head1 SEE ALSO |
b3eb6a9b | 564 | |
de8c5301 YO |
565 | L<perlmodlib/Pragmatic Modules>. |
566 | ||
567 | =cut |