BLS wrote: > Robert Fraser wrote: >> BLS wrote: >>> Vladimir Voinkov wrote: >>>> std.regex can't be used in compile time function call. It's quite >>>> frustrating... >>> >>> see dsource.org .. afaik there is a compile time regex project. hth >> >> http://www.dsource.org/projects/scregexp >> >> But the generated functions aren't CTFE-compatible AFAIK. A CTFE regex >> engine would be um... "tricky" to say the least. About 50GB of memory >> tricky (on DMD, LDC has a GC... though, it's still just as slow with >> CTFE). Really, if you need that level of code manipulation, a >> preprocessor is probably a better choice. > > Ouch! > Remaining question : > >>> std.regex can't be used in compile time function call.... > > Why this* don't work for you ? > * http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/templates-revisited.html > (middle of the document / Regular Expression Compiler)
Because it compiles the regex, but matching is still done at runtime? Or is it CTFE compilable? iirc CTFE wasn't around at the time this regex compiler was written.
