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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
d3d47aac 27#* Line Start Anchors:
1645b83c 28#Note flags field for SBOL indicates if it is a /^/ or a /\A/
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29SBOL BOL, no ; Match "" at beginning of line: /^/, /\A/
30MBOL BOL, no ; Same, assuming multiline: /^/m
31
32#* Line End Anchors:
33SEOL EOL, no ; Match "" at end of line: /$/
34MEOL EOL, no ; Same, assuming multiline: /$/m
35EOS EOL, no ; Match "" at end of string: /\z/
36
37#* Match Start Anchors:
38GPOS GPOS, no ; Matches where last m//g left off.
39
40#* Word Boundary Opcodes:
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41# The regops that have varieties that vary depending on the character set regex
42# modifiers have to ordered thusly: /d, /l, /u, /a, /aa. This is because code
43# in regcomp.c uses the enum value of the modifier as an offset from the /d
44# version. The complements must come after the non-complements.
3018b823 45# BOUND, POSIX and their complements are affected, as well as EXACTF.
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46BOUND BOUND, no ; Like BOUNDA for non-utf8, otherwise match "" between any Unicode \w\W or \W\w
47BOUNDL BOUND, no ; Like BOUND/BOUNDU, but \w and \W are defined by current locale
64935bc6 48BOUNDU BOUND, no ; Match "" at any boundary of a given type using Unicode rules
c440a570 49BOUNDA BOUND, no ; Match "" at any boundary between \w\W or \W\w, where \w is [_a-zA-Z0-9]
693fefec 50# All NBOUND nodes are required by code in regexec.c to be greater than all BOUND ones
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51NBOUND NBOUND, no ; Like NBOUNDA for non-utf8, otherwise match "" between any Unicode \w\w or \W\W
52NBOUNDL NBOUND, no ; Like NBOUND/NBOUNDU, but \w and \W are defined by current locale
53NBOUNDU NBOUND, no ; Match "" at any non-boundary of a given type using using Unicode rules
54NBOUNDA NBOUND, no ; Match "" betweeen any \w\w or \W\W, where \w is [_a-zA-Z0-9]
d09b2d29 55
381b57db 56#* [Special] alternatives:
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57REG_ANY REG_ANY, no 0 S ; Match any one character (except newline).
58SANY REG_ANY, no 0 S ; Match any one character.
975a06f7 59ANYOF ANYOF, sv 1 S ; Match character in (or not in) this class, single char match only
ac44c12e 60ANYOFD ANYOF, sv 1 S ; Like ANYOF, but /d is in effect
a4525e78 61ANYOFL ANYOF, sv 1 S ; Like ANYOF, but /l is in effect
67a1b5f9 62ANYOFM ANYOFM byte 1 S ; Like ANYOF, but matches an invariant byte as determined by the mask and arg
693fefec 63
d3d47aac 64#* POSIX Character Classes:
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65# Order of the below is important. See ordering comment above.
66POSIXD POSIXD, none 0 S ; Some [[:class:]] under /d; the FLAGS field gives which one
67POSIXL POSIXD, none 0 S ; Some [[:class:]] under /l; the FLAGS field gives which one
68POSIXU POSIXD, none 0 S ; Some [[:class:]] under /u; the FLAGS field gives which one
3615ea58 69POSIXA POSIXD, none 0 S ; Some [[:class:]] under /a; the FLAGS field gives which one
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70NPOSIXD NPOSIXD, none 0 S ; complement of POSIXD, [[:^class:]]
71NPOSIXL NPOSIXD, none 0 S ; complement of POSIXL, [[:^class:]]
72NPOSIXU NPOSIXD, none 0 S ; complement of POSIXU, [[:^class:]]
9e84774b 73NPOSIXA NPOSIXD, none 0 S ; complement of POSIXA, [[:^class:]]
3018b823 74# End of order is important
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76ASCII ASCII, none 0 S ; [[:ascii:]]
77NASCII ASCII, none 0 S ; [[:^ascii:]]
78
2448cf39 79CLUMP CLUMP, no 0 V ; Match any extended grapheme cluster sequence
d09b2d29 80
381b57db 81#* Alternation
1de06328 82
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83#* BRANCH The set of branches constituting a single choice are
84#* hooked together with their "next" pointers, since
85#* precedence prevents anything being concatenated to
86#* any individual branch. The "next" pointer of the last
87#* BRANCH in a choice points to the thing following the
88#* whole choice. This is also where the final "next"
89#* pointer of each individual branch points; each branch
90#* starts with the operand node of a BRANCH node.
91#*
f9ef50a7 92BRANCH BRANCH, node 0 V ; Match this alternative, or the next...
d09b2d29 93
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94#*Literals
95# NOTE: the relative ordering of these types is important do not change it
1de06328 96
f8abb37e 97EXACT EXACT, str ; Match this string (preceded by length).
b24abbc8 98EXACTL EXACT, str ; Like EXACT, but /l is in effect (used so locale-related warnings can be checked for).
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99EXACTF EXACT, str ; Match this non-UTF-8 string (not guaranteed to be folded) using /id rules (w/len).
100EXACTFL EXACT, str ; Match this string (not guaranteed to be folded) using /il rules (w/len).
3c760661 101EXACTFU 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).
89829bb5 102EXACTFAA EXACT, str ; Match this string (not guaranteed to be folded) using /iaa rules (w/len).
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103
104# End of important relative ordering.
105
3c760661 106EXACTFU_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).
a4525e78 107EXACTFLU8 EXACT, str ; Rare cirucmstances: like EXACTFU, but is under /l, UTF-8, folded, and everything in it is above 255.
89829bb5 108EXACTFAA_NO_TRIE EXACT, str ; Match this string (which is not trie-able; not guaranteed to be folded) using /iaa rules (w/len).
d09b2d29 109
381b57db 110#*Do nothing types
1de06328 111
f8abb37e 112NOTHING NOTHING, no ; Match empty string.
65aa4ca7 113#*A variant of above which delimits a group, thus stops optimizations
f8abb37e 114TAIL NOTHING, no ; Match empty string. Can jump here from outside.
d09b2d29 115
381b57db 116#*Loops
1de06328 117
65aa4ca7 118#* STAR,PLUS '?', and complex '*' and '+', are implemented as
62e6ef33 119#* circular BRANCH structures. Simple cases
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120#* (one character per match) are implemented with STAR
121#* and PLUS for speed and to minimize recursive plunges.
122#*
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123STAR STAR, node 0 V ; Match this (simple) thing 0 or more times.
124PLUS PLUS, node 0 V ; Match this (simple) thing 1 or more times.
d09b2d29 125
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126CURLY CURLY, sv 2 V ; Match this simple thing {n,m} times.
127CURLYN CURLY, no 2 V ; Capture next-after-this simple thing
128CURLYM CURLY, no 2 V ; Capture this medium-complex thing {n,m} times.
129CURLYX CURLY, sv 2 V ; Match this complex thing {n,m} times.
d09b2d29 130
65aa4ca7 131#*This terminator creates a loop structure for CURLYX
f9ef50a7 132WHILEM WHILEM, no 0 V ; Do curly processing and see if rest matches.
d09b2d29 133
381b57db 134#*Buffer related
1de06328 135
65aa4ca7 136#*OPEN,CLOSE,GROUPP ...are numbered at compile time.
f8abb37e 137OPEN OPEN, num 1 ; Mark this point in input as start of #n.
48e88d42 138CLOSE CLOSE, num 1 ; Close corresponding OPEN of #n.
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139SROPEN SROPEN, none ; Same as OPEN, but for script run
140SRCLOSE SRCLOSE, none ; Close preceding SROPEN
d09b2d29 141
f9ef50a7 142REF REF, num 1 V ; Match some already matched string
850b7ec9 143REFF REF, num 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded using native charset rules for non-utf8
f9ef50a7 144REFFL REF, num 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded in loc.
781aab5c 145# N?REFF[AU] could have been implemented using the FLAGS field of the
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146# regnode, but by having a separate node type, we can use the existing switch
147# statement to avoid some tests
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148REFFU REF, num 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded using unicode rules for non-utf8
149REFFA REF, num 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded using unicode rules for non-utf8, no mixing ASCII, non-ASCII
d09b2d29 150
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151#*Named references. Code in regcomp.c assumes that these all are after
152#*the numbered references
01f98ec2 153NREF REF, no-sv 1 V ; Match some already matched string
850b7ec9 154NREFF REF, no-sv 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded using native charset rules for non-utf8
01f98ec2 155NREFFL REF, no-sv 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded in loc.
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156NREFFU REF, num 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded using unicode rules for non-utf8
157NREFFA REF, num 1 V ; Match already matched string, folded using unicode rules for non-utf8, no mixing ASCII, non-ASCII
1de06328 158
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159#*Support for long RE
160LONGJMP LONGJMP, off 1 . 1 ; Jump far away.
161BRANCHJ BRANCHJ, off 1 V 1 ; BRANCH with long offset.
162
163#*Special Case Regops
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164IFMATCH BRANCHJ, off 1 . 2 ; Succeeds if the following matches.
165UNLESSM BRANCHJ, off 1 . 2 ; Fails if the following matches.
166SUSPEND BRANCHJ, off 1 V 1 ; "Independent" sub-RE.
65aa4ca7 167IFTHEN BRANCHJ, off 1 V 1 ; Switch, should be preceded by switcher.
f8abb37e 168GROUPP GROUPP, num 1 ; Whether the group matched.
d09b2d29 169
d09b2d29 170
381b57db 171#*The heavy worker
1de06328 172
13f27704 173EVAL EVAL, evl/flags 2L ; Execute some Perl code.
d09b2d29 174
381b57db 175#*Modifiers
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177MINMOD MINMOD, no ; Next operator is not greedy.
178LOGICAL LOGICAL, no ; Next opcode should set the flag only.
d09b2d29 179
65aa4ca7 180#*This is not used yet
f9ef50a7 181RENUM BRANCHJ, off 1 . 1 ; Group with independently numbered parens.
d09b2d29 182
381b57db 183#*Trie Related
1de06328 184
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185#* Behave the same as A|LIST|OF|WORDS would. The '..C' variants
186#* have inline charclass data (ascii only), the 'C' store it in the
187#* structure.
486ec47a 188# NOTE: the relative order of the TRIE-like regops is significant
ce5e9471 189
7986cb47 190TRIE TRIE, trie 1 ; Match many EXACT(F[ALU]?)? at once. flags==type
f8abb37e 191TRIEC TRIE,trie charclass ; Same as TRIE, but with embedded charclass data
3dab1dad 192
1de06328 193# For start classes, contains an added fail table.
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194AHOCORASICK TRIE, trie 1 ; Aho Corasick stclass. flags==type
195AHOCORASICKC TRIE,trie charclass ; Same as AHOCORASICK, but with embedded charclass data
1de06328 196
381b57db 197#*Regex Subroutines
f8abb37e 198GOSUB GOSUB, num/ofs 2L ; recurse to paren arg1 at (signed) ofs arg2
03363afd 199
381b57db 200#*Special conditionals
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201NGROUPP NGROUPP, no-sv 1 ; Whether the group matched.
202INSUBP INSUBP, num 1 ; Whether we are in a specific recurse.
203DEFINEP DEFINEP, none 1 ; Never execute directly.
0a4db386 204
486ec47a 205#*Backtracking Verbs
f8abb37e 206ENDLIKE ENDLIKE, none ; Used only for the type field of verbs
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207OPFAIL ENDLIKE, no-sv 1 ; Same as (?!), but with verb arg
208ACCEPT ENDLIKE, no-sv/num 2L ; Accepts the current matched string, with verbar
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209
210#*Verbs With Arguments
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211VERB VERB, no-sv 1 ; Used only for the type field of verbs
212PRUNE VERB, no-sv 1 ; Pattern fails at this startpoint if no-backtracking through this
213MARKPOINT VERB, no-sv 1 ; Push the current location for rollback by cut.
214SKIP VERB, no-sv 1 ; On failure skip forward (to the mark) before retrying
215COMMIT VERB, no-sv 1 ; Pattern fails outright if backtracking through this
216CUTGROUP VERB, no-sv 1 ; On failure go to the next alternation in the group
e2e6a0f1 217
ee9b8eae 218#*Control what to keep in $&.
f8abb37e 219KEEPS KEEPS, no ; $& begins here.
ee9b8eae 220
e1d1eefb 221#*New charclass like patterns
f8abb37e 222LNBREAK LNBREAK, none ; generic newline pattern
3172e3fd 223
381b57db 224# NEW STUFF SOMEWHERE ABOVE THIS LINE
1de06328 225
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226################################################################################
227
7f69552c 228#*SPECIAL REGOPS
1de06328 229
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230#* This is not really a node, but an optimized away piece of a "long"
231#* node. To simplify debugging output, we mark it as if it were a node
f8abb37e 232OPTIMIZED NOTHING, off ; Placeholder for dump.
1de06328 233
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234#* Special opcode with the property that no opcode in a compiled program
235#* will ever be of this type. Thus it can be used as a flag value that
236#* no other opcode has been seen. END is used similarly, in that an END
237#* node cant be optimized. So END implies "unoptimizable" and PSEUDO
238#* mean "not seen anything to optimize yet".
f8abb37e 239PSEUDO PSEUDO, off ; Pseudo opcode for internal use.
1de06328 240
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241-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
242# Format for second section:
65aa4ca7 243# REGOP \t typelist [ \t typelist]
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244# typelist= namelist
245# = namelist:FAIL
246# = name:count
247
248# Anything below is a state
249#
250#
f8abb37e 251TRIE next:FAIL
4ee16520 252EVAL B,postponed_AB:FAIL
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253CURLYX end:FAIL
254WHILEM A_pre,A_min,A_max,B_min,B_max:FAIL
255BRANCH next:FAIL
256CURLYM A,B:FAIL
257IFMATCH A:FAIL
258CURLY B_min_known,B_min,B_max:FAIL
259COMMIT next:FAIL
260MARKPOINT next:FAIL
261SKIP next:FAIL
262CUTGROUP next:FAIL
263KEEPS next:FAIL