On 9/04/2018 8:51 AM, Andrew Rowley wrote:
On 9/04/2018 4:09 AM, Charles Mills wrote:
#include <stdio.h>
#define __IBMCPP_TR1__ 1
#include <regex>
class myRegex
{
public:
std::tr1::regex regexObject;
};
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
printf("RegEx test 4/6/2018\n");
std::tr1::regex::flag_type flags =
std::tr1::regex::extended; //
necessary for error
myRegex *myRegex_p = new myRegex;
myRegex_p->regexObject.assign("foo", flags);
delete myRegex_p;
return 0;
}
C++ isn't my first language and I'm not even sure I found the right
documentation, but does assign create a new regex rather than
modifying the existing one?
What is the scope of the new Regex? And templates can create different
classes based on the parameters so the result of regexObject.assign
may not even be the same type of object as when myRegex was instantiated.
There are two classes created for C++ regex's, basic_regex<char> and
basic_regex<wchat_t>. One for 8-bit chars and one for unicode 16-bit
chars. Assign replaces the existing regex with a new one. In Charles
case he hasn't
created a regex in the constructor so assign will just create a new one.
The scope is until delete is called. This is not idiomatic C++ where the
MyRegex object would be instantiated on the stack and the scope is
whatever the outer {} braces are. Deterministic resource finalization is
one of the strengths of
C++ and I would take it over Java GC any day of the week. It's also
unusual to see the use of the new operator in modern C++ where raw
pointers are generally banned by coding standards. One would use
make_unique or make_shared
or on z/OS which doesn't fully support C++11 shared_ptr<T>(new T).
I'm not sure if that is allowed or not - this sort of stuff is why I
avoid C++, too complex for me :-)
Indeed! Complex it most certainly can be. Having said that if you're
lucky enough to have a modern C++ compiler and keep it simple it's
actually an easy language to learn and incredibly powerful.
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