Re: irregular expressions, syntax complexity

arnold@freefriends.org (Aharon Robbins)
22 Feb 2023 08:53:05 GMT

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From: arnold@freefriends.org (Aharon Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 22 Feb 2023 08:53:05 GMT
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References: <AQHZRT1Nf7Ln0mpyG0extuZP9rnVPQ==> 23-02-052 23-02-053 23-02-055
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Keywords: syntax, lex
Posted-Date: 22 Feb 2023 11:58:01 EST
Originator: arnold@freefriends.org (Aharon Robbins)

In article 23-02-055,
Anton Ertl <anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
>Regular expression syntax is missing an operator that signifies the
>intersection of the sets recognized by the operand regexps. Let's
>call this operator "&". ....
>
>Has anybody implemented such an operator at all?


Doug McIlroy did, if I understand things correctly. See
https://github.com/arnoldrobbins/mcilroy-regex/blob/master/README
for more info.


Arnold


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