File: regexprops.c

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/* regexprops.c -- document the properties of the regular expressions 
                   understood by gnulib.

   Copyright 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
   Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */

/* Written by James Youngman, <jay@gnu.org>. */

#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
# include <config.h>
#endif

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>

#include "regex.h"
#include "regextype.h"


/* Name this program was run with. */
char *program_name;

static void output(const char *s, int escape)
{
  fputs(s, stdout);
}


static void newline(void)
{
  output("\n", 0);
}

static void content(const char *s)
{
  output(s, 1);
}

static void literal(const char *s)
{
  output(s, 0);
}

static void directive(const char *s)
{
  output(s, 0);
}

static void enum_item(const char *s)
{
  newline();
  directive("@item ");
  literal(s);
  newline();
}
static void table_item(const char *s)
{
  directive("@item");
  newline();
  content(s);
  newline();
}

static void code(const char *s)
{
  directive("@code{");
  content(s);
  directive("}");
}

static void begin_subsection(const char *name,
			  const char *next,
			  const char *prev,
			  const char *up)
{
  newline();
  
  directive("@node ");
  content(name);
  content(" regular expression syntax");
  newline();
  
  directive("@subsection ");
  output("@samp{", 0);
  content(name);
  output("}", 0);
  content(" regular expression syntax");
  newline();
}

static void begintable_asis()
{
  newline();
  directive("@table @asis");
  newline();
}

static void begintable_markup(char const *markup)
{
  newline();
  directive("@table ");
  literal(markup);
  newline();
}

static void endtable()
{
  newline();
  directive("@end table");
  newline();
}

static void beginenum()
{
  newline();
  directive("@enumerate");
  newline();
}

static void endenum()
{
  newline();
  directive("@end enumerate");
  newline();
}

static void newpara()
{
  content("\n\n");
}


static int describe_regex_syntax(int options)
{
  newpara();
  content("The character @samp{.} matches any single character");
  if ( (options & RE_DOT_NEWLINE)  == 0 )
    {
      content(" except newline");
    }
  if (options & RE_DOT_NOT_NULL)
    {
      if ( (options & RE_DOT_NEWLINE)  == 0 )
	content(" and");
      else
	content(" except");

      content(" the null character");
    }
  content(".  ");
  newpara();
  
  if (!(options & RE_LIMITED_OPS))
    {
      begintable_markup("@samp");
      if (options & RE_BK_PLUS_QM)
	{
	  enum_item("\\+");
	  content("indicates that the regular expression should match one"
		  " or more occurrences of the previous atom or regexp.  ");
	  enum_item("\\?");
	  content("indicates that the regular expression should match zero"
		  " or one occurrence of the previous atom or regexp.  ");
	  enum_item("+ and ? ");
	  content("match themselves.  ");
	}
      else
	{
	  enum_item("+");
	  content("indicates that the regular expression should match one"
		  " or more occurrences of the previous atom or regexp.  ");
	  enum_item("?");
	  content("indicates that the regular expression should match zero"
		  " or one occurrence of the previous atom or regexp.  ");
	  enum_item("\\+");
	  literal("matches a @samp{+}");
	  enum_item("\\?");
	  literal("matches a @samp{?}.  ");
	}
      endtable();
    }
  
  newpara();

  content("Bracket expressions are used to match ranges of characters.  ");
  literal("Bracket expressions where the range is backward, for example @samp{[z-a]}, are ");
  if (options & RE_NO_EMPTY_RANGES)
    content("invalid");
  else
    content("ignored");
  content(".  ");
  
  if (options &  RE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_LISTS)
    literal("Within square brackets, @samp{\\} can be used to quote "
	    "the following character.  ");
  else
    literal("Within square brackets, @samp{\\} is taken literally.  ");

  if (options & RE_CHAR_CLASSES)
    content("Character classes are supported; for example "
	    "@samp{[[:digit:]]} will match a single decimal digit.  ");
  else
    literal("Character classes are not supported, so for example "
	    "you would need to use @samp{[0-9]} "
	    "instead of @samp{[[:digit:]]}.  ");

  if (options & RE_HAT_LISTS_NOT_NEWLINE)
    {
      literal("Non-matching lists @samp{[^@dots{}]} do not ever match newline.  ");
    }
  newpara();
  if (options & RE_NO_GNU_OPS)
    {
      content("GNU extensions are not supported and so "
	      "@samp{\\w}, @samp{\\W}, @samp{\\<}, @samp{\\>}, @samp{\\b}, @samp{\\B}, @samp{\\`}, and @samp{\\'} "
	      "match "
	      "@samp{w}, @samp{W}, @samp{<}, @samp{>}, @samp{b}, @samp{B}, @samp{`}, and @samp{'} respectively.  ");
    }
  else
    {
      content("GNU extensions are supported:");
      beginenum();
      enum_item("@samp{\\w} matches a character within a word");
      enum_item("@samp{\\W} matches a character which is not within a word");
      enum_item("@samp{\\<} matches the beginning of a word");
      enum_item("@samp{\\>} matches the end of a word");
      enum_item("@samp{\\b} matches a word boundary");
      enum_item("@samp{\\B} matches characters which are not a word boundary");
      enum_item("@samp{\\`} matches the beginning of the whole input");
      enum_item("@samp{\\'} matches the end of the whole input");
      endenum();
    }

  newpara();


  if (options & RE_NO_BK_PARENS)
    {
      literal("Grouping is performed with parentheses @samp{()}.  ");
      
      if (options & RE_UNMATCHED_RIGHT_PAREN_ORD)
	literal("An unmatched @samp{)} matches just itself.  ");
    }
  else
    {
      literal("Grouping is performed with backslashes followed by parentheses @samp{\\(}, @samp{\\)}.  ");
    }
  
  if (options & RE_NO_BK_REFS)
    {
      content("A backslash followed by a digit matches that digit.  ");
    }
  else
    {
      literal("A backslash followed by a digit acts as a back-reference and matches the same thing as the previous grouped expression indicated by that number.  For example @samp{\\2} matches the second group expression.  The order of group expressions is determined by the position of their opening parenthesis ");
      if (options & RE_NO_BK_PARENS)
	  literal("@samp{(}");
      else
	literal("@samp{\\(}");
      content(".  ");
    }
  

  newpara();
  if (!(options & RE_LIMITED_OPS))
    {
      if (options & RE_NO_BK_VBAR)
	literal("The alternation operator is @samp{|}.  ");
      else
	literal("The alternation operator is @samp{\\|}. ");
    }
  newpara();

  if (options & RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS)
    {
      literal("The characters @samp{^} and @samp{$} always represent the beginning and end of a string respectively, except within square brackets.  Within brackets, @samp{^} can be used to invert the membership of the character class being specified.  ");
    }
  else
    {
      literal("The character @samp{^} only represents the beginning of a string when it appears:");
      beginenum();
      enum_item("\nAt the beginning of a regular expression");
      enum_item("After an open-group, signified by ");
      if (options & RE_NO_BK_PARENS)
	{
	  literal("@samp{(}");
	}
      else
	{
	  literal("@samp{\\(}");
	}
      newline();
      if (!(options & RE_LIMITED_OPS))
	{
	  if (options & RE_NEWLINE_ALT)
	    enum_item("After a newline");
	  
	  if (options & RE_NO_BK_VBAR )
	    enum_item("After the alternation operator @samp{|}");
	  else
	    enum_item("After the alternation operator @samp{\\|}");
	}
      endenum();

      newpara();
      literal("The character @samp{$} only represents the end of a string when it appears:");
      beginenum();
      enum_item("At the end of a regular expression");
      enum_item("Before an close-group, signified by ");
      if (options & RE_NO_BK_PARENS)
	{
	  literal("@samp{)}");
	}
      else
	{
	  literal("@samp{\\)}");
	}
      if (!(options & RE_LIMITED_OPS))
	{
	  if (options & RE_NEWLINE_ALT)
	    enum_item("Before a newline");
	  
	  if (options & RE_NO_BK_VBAR)
	    enum_item("Before the alternation operator @samp{|}");
	  else
	    enum_item("Before the alternation operator @samp{\\|}");
	}
      endenum();
    }
  newpara();
  if (!(options & RE_LIMITED_OPS) )
    {
      if ((options & RE_CONTEXT_INDEP_OPS)
	  && !(options & RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS))
	{
	  literal("The characters @samp{*}, @samp{+} and @samp{?} are special anywhere in a regular expression.  ");
	}
      else
	{
	  if (options & RE_BK_PLUS_QM)
	    literal("@samp{\\*}, @samp{\\+} and @samp{\\?} ");
	  else
	    literal("@samp{*}, @samp{+} and @samp{?} ");
	  
	  if (options & RE_CONTEXT_INVALID_OPS)
	    {
	      content("are special at any point in a regular expression except the following places, where they are not allowed:");
	    }
	  else
	    {
	      content("are special at any point in a regular expression except:");
	    }
	  
	  beginenum();
	  enum_item("At the beginning of a regular expression");
	  enum_item("After an open-group, signified by ");
	  if (options & RE_NO_BK_PARENS)
	    {
	      literal("@samp{(}");
	    }
	  else
	    {
	      literal("@samp{\\(}");
	    }
	  if (!(options & RE_LIMITED_OPS))
	    {
	      if (options & RE_NEWLINE_ALT)
		enum_item("After a newline");
	      
	      if (options & RE_NO_BK_VBAR)
		enum_item("After the alternation operator @samp{|}");
	      else
		enum_item("After the alternation operator @samp{\\|}");
	    }
	  endenum();
	}
    }
  

  newpara();
  if (options & RE_INTERVALS) 
    {
      if (options & RE_NO_BK_BRACES)
	{
	  literal("Intervals are specified by @samp{@{} and @samp{@}}.  ");
	  if (options & RE_INVALID_INTERVAL_ORD)
	    {
	      literal("Invalid intervals are treated as literals, for example @samp{a@{1} is treated as @samp{a\\@{1}");
	    }
	  else
	    {
	      literal("Invalid intervals such as @samp{a@{1z} are not accepted.  ");
	    }
	}
      else
	{
	  literal("Intervals are specified by @samp{\\@{} and @samp{\\@}}.  ");
	  if (options & RE_INVALID_INTERVAL_ORD)
	    {
	      literal("Invalid intervals are treated as literals, for example @samp{a\\@{1} is treated as @samp{a@{1}");
	    }
	  else
	    {
	      literal("Invalid intervals such as @samp{a\\@{1z} are not accepted.  ");
	    }
	}
      
    }

  newpara();
  if (options & RE_NO_POSIX_BACKTRACKING)
    {
      content("Matching succeeds as soon as the whole pattern is matched, meaning that the result may not be the longest possible match.  ");
    }
  else
    {
      content("The longest possible match is returned; this applies to the regular expression as a whole and (subject to this constraint) to subexpressions within groups.  ");
    }
  newpara();
}



static int menu()
{
  int i, options;
  const char *name;
  
  output("@menu\n", 0);
  for (i=0;
       options = get_regex_type_flags(i),
	 name=get_regex_type_name(i);
       ++i)
    {
      output("* ", 0);
      output(name, 0);
      content(" regular expression syntax");
      output("::", 0);
      newline();
    }
  output("@end menu\n", 0);
}


static int describe_all(const char *up)
{
  const char *name, *next, *previous;
  int options;
  int i, parent;

  menu();
  
  previous = "";
  
  for (i=0;
       options = get_regex_type_flags(i),
	 name=get_regex_type_name(i);
       ++i)
    {
      next = get_regex_type_name(i+1);
      if (NULL == next)
	next = "";
      begin_subsection(name, next, previous, up);
      parent = get_regex_type_synonym(i);
      if (parent >= 0)
	{
	  content("This is a synonym for ");
	  content(get_regex_type_name(parent));
	  content(".");
	}
      else
	{
	  describe_regex_syntax(options);
	}
      previous = name;
    }
}



int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  const char *up = "";
  program_name = argv[0];
  
  if (argc > 1)
    up = argv[1];
  
  describe_all(up);
  return 0;
}