The functions available today are OK in terms of functionality but limited in terms of syntax/grammar
For example :
- No support for multiline patterns
- No support for '\s' in patterns
- No support for [:alnum:] in patterns
- No Posix conformance (ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 for example)
- No way to select among various syntaxes (grep, awk, ECMAScript...)
- At least the ECMAScript grammar should be fully supported
I would like to propose to change the Regular Expression compiler with a brand new one
Keep the existing API (but support much better grammar)
Extend the API of the current intrument driver if needed or if it make sense (a Find/Replace function could be a nice for example)
Philippe
