Hi there,

First off, why are D's regexes called RegExp? Most languages I've come across use Regex. I know it's only one letter, but I make this mistake a lot.

Second, is there support in the library for non-capturing groups and/or named groups?

Usually, for a non-capturing group, the syntax is (?:...) instead of the traditional (...). This is very useful for when you define a group as merely a set of meaningless sub-options that you don't want to actually match by themselves.

I tried said format in D, but I got an exception saying: "*+? not allowed in atom." Is there another way?

Thanks,
--AJG.

"AJG" <AJG_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:das10n$2hds$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> First off, why are D's regexes called RegExp? Most languages I've come
across
> use Regex. I know it's only one letter, but I make this mistake a lot.

I've seen both names used. I just picked one, for better or worse. The api isn't exactly the same as the regex commonly used in C libraries, so having a different name is a good idea.

> Second, is there support in the library for non-capturing groups and/or
named
> groups?
>
> Usually, for a non-capturing group, the syntax is (?:...) instead of the
> traditional (...). This is very useful for when you define a group as
merely a
> set of meaningless sub-options that you don't want to actually match by themselves.
>
> I tried said format in D, but I got an exception saying: "*+? not allowed
in
> atom." Is there another way?

The std.regexp regular expression syntax is as it existed before the innumerable Perl extensions to it. If you want to add some of them, feel free to take a whack at std.regexp <g>.