On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 09:43:10AM -0400, Tristan wrote:
> > And after some thought, I don't see an obvious reason why the regexp
> > could not be used with bytes strings (so UTF-8 is OK) without trying to
> > match runes (since not every bytes string is a correct UTF-8 sequence).
>
> with octet based regexps, [Þþ] doesn't match þ, but 0xc3, 0xbe and 0x9e
> independantly.
>
Regexp knows subexpressions. So it could be achieved, and one could even
have the present functions be higher level ones, calling more basic ones
dealing with bytes (a rune specified by an UTF-8 sequence being replaced
by a subexpression) or even dealing with various sizes of element
(character; but one fixed size for the processing).
Or even a specification à la C: by adding a leading 'L' meaning:
treat the string as UTF-8 that is masters runes. And if not, leave
it alone.
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