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authorjade <lix@jade.fyi>2024-08-22 18:35:11 +0000
committerGerrit Code Review <gerrit@localhost>2024-08-22 18:35:11 +0000
commit9896d309cbf3e4c0888760981654c1da0b5983a9 (patch)
tree66e13a5f2a799056e7b60af32ef6d20d922d768b /doc/manual/rl-next
parent447212fa65a80180150b265411924cc638a2c52c (diff)
Revert "libexpr: Replace regex engine with boost::regex"
This reverts commit 447212fa65a80180150b265411924cc638a2c52c. Reason for revert: Regression in eval behaviour bug-compatibility. Expected behaviour (Nix 2.18.5, macOS and Linux [libstdc++/libc++]): ``` nix-repl> builtins.match "\\.*(.*)" ".keep" [ "keep" ] nix-repl> builtins.match "(\\.*)(.*)" ".keep" [ "." "keep" ] ``` Actual behaviour (boost::regex): ``` nix-repl> builtins.match "\\.*(.*)" ".keep" [ ".keep" ] nix-repl> builtins.match "(\\.*)(.*)" ".keep" [ "." "keep" ] ``` Bug: https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/483 Change-Id: Id462eb8586dcd54856cf095f09b3e3a216955b60
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----
-synopsis: Replace regex engine with boost::regex
-issues: [fj#34, fj#476]
-cls: [1821]
-category: Fixes
-credits: [sugar]
----
-
-Previously, the C++ standard regex expression library was used, the
-behaviour of which varied depending on the platform. This has been
-replaced with the Boost regex library, which works identically across
-platforms.
-
-The visible behaviour of the regex functions doesn't change. While
-the new library has more features, Lix will reject regular expressions
-using them.
-
-This also fixes regex matching reporting stack overflow when matching
-on too much data.
-
-Before:
-
- nix-repl> builtins.match ".*" (
- builtins.concatStringsSep "" (
- builtins.genList (_: "a") 1000000
- )
- )
- error: stack overflow (possible infinite recursion)
-
-After:
-
- nix-repl> builtins.match ".*" (
- builtins.concatStringsSep "" (
- builtins.genList (_: "a") 1000000
- )
- )
- [ ]