Yes, and I specifically want the conservative variant - I'd want a "maybe" for "foo" in that example.
(For context, my test framework determines *while running a test* whether that test has children, and checks whether to allocate them when defining them. For me, I only need "yes/maybe" and "no", but splitting "yes" and "maybe" could be beneficial to others.) ----- Isiah Meadows m...@isiahmeadows.com Looking for web consulting? Or a new website? Send me an email and we can get started. www.isiahmeadows.com On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 4:19 PM, Mike Samuel <mikesam...@gmail.com> wrote: > So you want an API that can indicate "might match if there were more input"? > > Is it ok if it is conservative? I.e. it won't incorrectly say "definitely > wouldn't match given more input" but could tolerate errors the other way? > > For example, /^food(?!)/ would have to say no for "foop" but we might > tolerate a maybe for "foo". > > > On Feb 15, 2018 8:12 AM, "Isiah Meadows" <isiahmead...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been working on a test framework, and I'd love to implement > support for matching tests via regexp-based selectors. It's basically > impossible without the ability to execute a regular expression and > test if it matched positively, negatively, or incompletely. > > - If the regexp does not have an end marker, this, of course, can't > generate a *negative* match, only positive/incomplete ones. > - If the regexp *does* have an end marker, this is where I actually > need native support. (This is especially true if group references get > involved.) > > Any chance this could get added? > > ----- > > Isiah Meadows > m...@isiahmeadows.com > > Looking for web consulting? Or a new website? > Send me an email and we can get started. > www.isiahmeadows.com > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > es-discuss@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > > _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
