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author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1997-05-29 03:01:51 +0000 |
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committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1997-05-29 03:01:51 +0000 |
commit | b3571c42d245924e0d2362a8be159d3bbdbf0aca (patch) | |
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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..adf8e9e8da7 --- /dev/null +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el @@ -0,0 +1,231 @@ +;;; regexp-opt.el --- generate efficient regexps to match strings. + +;; Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +;; Author: Simon Marshall <simon@gnu.ai.mit.edu> +;; Keywords: strings, regexps +;; Version: 1.04.01 + +;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. + +;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) +;; any later version. + +;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +;; GNU General Public License for more details. + +;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the +;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, +;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + +;;; Commentary: + +;; The "opt" in "regexp-opt" stands for "optim\\(al\\|i\\(se\\|ze\\)\\)". +;; +;; This package generates a regexp from a given list of strings (that matches +;; one of those strings) that is equivalent to but more efficient than: +;; +;; (mapconcat 'identity (mapcar 'regexp-quote strings) "\\|") +;; +;; For example: +;; +;; (let ((strings '("cond" "if" "when" "unless" "while" +;; "let" "let*" "progn" "prog1" "prog2" +;; "save-restriction" "save-excursion" "save-window-excursion" +;; "save-current-buffer" "save-match-data" +;; "catch" "throw" "unwind-protect" "condition-case"))) +;; (concat "(" (regexp-opt strings t) "\\>")) +;; => "(\\(c\\(atch\\|ond\\(ition-case\\)?\\)\\|if\\|let\\*?\\|prog[12n]\\|save-\\(current-buffer\\|excursion\\|match-data\\|restriction\\|window-excursion\\)\\|throw\\|un\\(less\\|wind-protect\\)\\|wh\\(en\\|ile\\)\\)\\>" +;; +;; Searching using the above example `regexp-opt' regexp is significantly +;; faster than searching using the equivalent `mapconcat' regexp, taking +;; approximately two-thirds of the time. +;; +;; Since this package was written to produce efficient regexps, not regexps +;; efficiently, it is probably not a good idea to in-line too many calls in +;; your code, unless you use the following trick with `eval-when-compile': +;; +;; (defvar definition-regexp +;; (eval-when-compile +;; (concat "^(" +;; (regexp-opt '("defun" "defsubst" "defmacro" "defalias" +;; "defvar" "defconst") t) +;; "\\>"))) +;; +;; The `byte-compile' code will be as if you had defined the variable thus: +;; +;; (defvar definition-regexp +;; "^(\\(def\\(alias\\|const\\|macro\\|subst\\|un\\|var\\)\\)\\>") +;; +;; Originally written for font-lock.el, from an idea from Stig's hl319.el. +;; Please don't tell me that it doesn't produce optimal regexps; I know that +;; already. For example, the above explanation for the meaning of "opt" would +;; be more efficient as "optim\\(al\\|i[sz]e\\)", but this requires complex +;; forward looking. But (ideas or) code to improve things (are) is welcome. + +;;; Code: + +;;;###autoload +(defun regexp-opt (strings &optional paren) + "Return a regexp to match a string in STRINGS. +If optional PAREN non-nil, ensure that the returned regexp is enclosed by at +least one regexp grouping construct. +Each string in STRINGS should be unique and should not contain any regexps. +The returned regexp is typically more efficient than the equivalent regexp: + + (mapconcat 'identity (mapcar 'regexp-quote STRINGS) \"\\\\|\") + +but typically contains regexp grouping constructs. Use `regexp-opt-depth' to +count them." + (save-match-data + ;; Recurse on the sorted list. + (let ((max-lisp-eval-depth (* 1024 1024)) + (completion-ignore-case nil)) + (regexp-opt-group (sort (copy-sequence strings) 'string-lessp) paren)))) + +;;;###autoload +(defun regexp-opt-depth (regexp) + "Return the depth of REGEXP. +This means the number of regexp grouping constructs (parenthesised expressions) +in REGEXP." + (save-match-data + ;; Hack to signal an error if REGEXP does not have balanced parentheses. + (string-match regexp "") + ;; Count the number of open parentheses in REGEXP. + (let ((count 0) start) + (while (string-match "\\\\(" regexp start) + (setq count (1+ count) start (match-end 0))) + count))) + +;;; Workhorse functions. + +(eval-when-compile + (require 'cl)) + +(unless (fboundp 'make-bool-vector) + (defalias 'make-bool-vector 'make-vector)) + +(defun regexp-opt-group (strings &optional paren lax) + ;; + ;; Return a regexp to match a string in STRINGS. + ;; If PAREN non-nil, output regexp parentheses around returned regexp. + ;; If LAX non-nil, don't output parentheses if it doesn't require them. + ;; Merges keywords to avoid backtracking in Emacs' regexp matcher. + ;; + ;; The basic idea is to find the shortest common prefix, remove it and + ;; recurse. If there is no prefix, we divide the list into two so that (at + ;; least) one half will have at least a one-character common prefix. + ;; + ;; Also we delay the addition of grouping parenthesis as long as possible + ;; until we're sure we need them, and try to remove one-character sequences + ;; so we can use character sets rather than grouping parenthesis. + ;; + (let* ((open-group (if paren "\\(" "")) + (close-group (if paren "\\)" "")) + (open-charset (if lax "" open-group)) + (close-charset (if lax "" close-group))) + (cond + ;; + ;; If there is only one string, just return it. + ((= (length strings) 1) + (if (= (length (car strings)) 1) + (concat open-charset (regexp-quote (car strings)) close-charset) + (concat open-group (regexp-quote (car strings)) close-group))) + ;; + ;; If there is an empty string, remove it and recurse on the rest. + ((= (length (car strings)) 0) + (concat open-charset + (regexp-opt-group (cdr strings) t t) "?" + close-charset)) + ;; + ;; If all are one-character strings, just return a character set. + ((= (length strings) (apply '+ (mapcar 'length strings))) + (concat open-charset + (regexp-opt-charset strings) + close-charset)) + ;; + ;; We have a list of different length strings. + (t + (let ((prefix (try-completion "" (mapcar 'list strings))) + (letters (let ((completion-regexp-list '("^.$"))) + (all-completions "" (mapcar 'list strings))))) + (cond + ;; + ;; If there is a common prefix, remove it and recurse on the suffixes. + ((> (length prefix) 0) + (let* ((length (length prefix)) + (suffixes (mapcar (lambda (s) (substring s length)) strings))) + (concat open-group + (regexp-quote prefix) (regexp-opt-group suffixes t t) + close-group))) + ;; + ;; If there are several one-character strings, remove them and recurse + ;; on the rest. + ((> (length letters) 1) + (let ((rest (let ((completion-regexp-list '("^..+$"))) + (all-completions "" (mapcar 'list strings))))) + (concat open-group + (regexp-opt-charset letters) "\\|" (regexp-opt-group rest) + close-group))) + ;; + ;; Otherwise, divide the list into those that start with a particular + ;; letter and those that do not, and recurse on them. + (t + (let* ((char (substring (car strings) 0 1)) + (half1 (all-completions char (mapcar 'list strings))) + (half2 (nthcdr (length half1) strings))) + (concat open-group + (regexp-opt-group half1) "\\|" (regexp-opt-group half2) + close-group))))))))) + +(defun regexp-opt-charset (chars) + ;; + ;; Return a regexp to match a character in CHARS. + ;; + ;; The basic idea is to find character ranges. Also we take care in the + ;; position of character set meta characters in the character set regexp. + ;; + (let* ((charwidth 256) ; Yeah, right. + (charmap (make-bool-vector charwidth nil)) + (charset "") + (bracket "") (dash "") (caret "")) + ;; + ;; Make a character map but extract character set meta characters. + (let (char) + (while chars + (setq char (string-to-char (pop chars))) + (cond ((eq char ?\]) + (setq bracket "]")) + ((eq char ?^) + (setq caret "^")) + ((eq char ?-) + (setq dash "-")) + (t + (aset charmap char t))))) + ;; + ;; Make a character set from the map using ranges where applicable. + (let ((elt 0) start) + (while (< elt charwidth) + (when (aref charmap elt) + (setq start (1+ elt)) + (while (and (< start charwidth) (aref charmap start)) + (incf start)) + (if (< (- start elt) 4) + (setq charset (format "%s%c" charset elt)) + (setq charset (format "%s%c-%c" charset elt (1- start)) + elt start))) + (incf elt))) + ;; + ;; Make sure a caret is not first and a dash is first or last. + (if (and (string-equal charset "") (string-equal bracket "")) + (concat "[" dash caret "]") + (concat "[" bracket charset caret dash "]")))) + +(provide 'regexp-opt) + +;;; regexp-opt.el ends here |