Re: Easiest way to use redular expressions?

[Per Sandberg <per.s.sandberg@bahnhof.se>]

Had a small play and i would say
* pcre2
* three separate specs (Character, Wide_Character and 
Wide_Wide_Character) and since the interface is equal i would do the 
Character first and then use that one as a template generate the two others.
I got some very initial play hacks on:
   https://github.com/Ada-bindings-project/a-pcre

/P

On 27/12/2020 21:31, oliverm...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 12:14:48 PM UTC+1, briot.e...@gmail.com wrote:
>> [...]
>> Nowadays, I think it would be better to write a small binding to the pcre library (which has quite a
>> simple API, so the binding should not be too hard).
> 
> About "should not be too hard", if you mean a low level binding then I agree - given the wonders of `gcc -fdump-ada-spec`.
> However, IMO the low level binding is quite ugly and cumbersome to use.
> The tough part is to make a thick binding that is comfortable for Ada programmers.
> 
>> This binding would be a nice small project for someone who wants to get started with writing
>> Ada bindings
> 
> There are some questions attached:
> - Target pcre or pcre2 ?
> - Support all three character sizes UTF-8/16/32 ? In separate packages?
> 
> Oliver
>