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Better errors for invalid static regexes
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<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_2__not_yet_implemented"></a><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_2__not_yet_implemented" title="Appendix 2: Not Yet Implemented">Appendix
2: Not Yet Implemented</a>
</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
The following features are planned for xpressive 2.X:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">syntax_option_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">collate</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Collation sequences such as <code class="literal">[.a.]</code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Equivalence classes like <code class="literal">[=a=]</code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Control of nested results generation with <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">syntax_option_type</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">nosubs</span></code>,
and a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">nosubs</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
modifier for static xpressive.
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
Here are some wish-list features. You or your company should consider hiring
me to implement them!
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
Optimized DFA back-end for simple, fast regexing.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Different regex compiler front ends for basic, extended, awk, grep and
egrep regex syntax.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Fine-grained control over the dynamic regex syntax
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Optional integration with ICU for full Unicode support.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Improved localization support, possibly as a custom facet for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">locale</span></code>.
</li>
</ul></div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_3__differences_from_boost_regex"></a><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_3__differences_from_boost_regex" title="Appendix 3: Differences from Boost.Regex">Appendix
3: Differences from Boost.Regex</a>
</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
Since many of xpressive's users are likely to be familiar with the <a href="../../../libs/regex" target="_top">Boost.Regex</a> library, I would be remiss if
I failed to point out some important differences between xpressive and <a href="../../../libs/regex" target="_top">Boost.Regex</a>. In particular:<br>
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">xpressive</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_regex</span><span class="special"><></span></code>
is a template on the iterator type, not the character type.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">xpressive</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_regex</span><span class="special"><></span></code>
cannot be constructed directly from a string; rather, you must use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">basic_regex</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">compile</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">regex_compiler</span><span class="special"><></span></code>
to build a regex object from a string.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">xpressive</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_regex</span><span class="special"><></span></code>
does not have an <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">imbue</span><span class="special">()</span></code> member function; rather, the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">imbue</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
member function is in the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">xpressive</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">regex_compiler</span><span class="special"><></span></code> factory.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_regex</span><span class="special"><></span></code>
has a subset of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_string</span><span class="special"><></span></code>'s
members. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">xpressive</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_regex</span><span class="special"><></span></code>
does not. The members lacking are: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">assign</span><span class="special">()</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">[]()</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">max_size</span><span class="special">()</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">()</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">()</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">compare</span><span class="special">()</span></code>, and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_string</span><span class="special"><>)</span></code>.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Other member functions that exist in <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_regex</span><span class="special"><></span></code> but do not exist in <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">xpressive</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_regex</span><span class="special"><></span></code>
are: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">set_expression</span><span class="special">()</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">get_allocator</span><span class="special">()</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">imbue</span><span class="special">()</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">getloc</span><span class="special">()</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">getflags</span><span class="special">()</span></code>,
and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">xpressive</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_regex</span><span class="special"><></span></code>
does not have a RegexTraits template parameter. Customization of regex
syntax and localization behavior will be controlled by <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">regex_compiler</span><span class="special"><></span></code>
and a custom regex facet for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">locale</span></code>.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">xpressive</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_regex</span><span class="special"><></span></code>
and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">xpressive</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">match_results</span><span class="special"><></span></code>
do not have an Allocator template parameter. This is by design.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">match_not_dot_null</span></code> and
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">match_not_dot_newline</span></code>
have moved from the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span></code>
enum to the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">syntax_option_type</span></code>
enum, and they have changed names to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">not_dot_null</span></code>
and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">not_dot_newline</span></code>.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
The following <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">syntax_option_type</span></code>
enumeration values are not supported: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">escape_in_lists</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">char_classes</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">intervals</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">limited_ops</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">newline_alt</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bk_plus_qm</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bk_braces</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bk_parens</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bk_refs</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bk_vbar</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">use_except</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">failbit</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">literal</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">perlex</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">basic</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">extended</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">emacs</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">awk</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">grep</span></code>
,<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">egrep</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">sed</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">JavaScript</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">JScript</span></code>.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
The following <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">match_flag_type</span></code>
enumeration values are not supported: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">match_not_bob</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">match_not_eob</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">match_perl</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">match_posix</span></code>,
and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">match_extra</span></code>.
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
Also, in the current implementation, the regex algorithms in xpressive will
not detect pathological behavior and abort by throwing an exception. It is
up to you to write efficient patterns that do not behave pathologically.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.perf"></a><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.perf" title="Appendix 4: Performance Comparison">Appendix 4: Performance
Comparison</a>
</h3></div></div></div>
<div class="toc"><dl class="toc">
<dt><span class="section"><a href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_gcc">xpressive
vs. Boost.Regex with GCC (Cygwin)</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_msvc">xpressive
vs. Boost.Regex with Visual C++</a></span></dt>
</dl></div>
<p>
The performance of xpressive is competitive with <a href="../../../libs/regex" target="_top">Boost.Regex</a>.
I have run performance benchmarks comparing static xpressive, dynamic xpressive
and <a href="../../../libs/regex" target="_top">Boost.Regex</a> on two platforms: gcc
(Cygwin) and Visual C++. The tests include short matches and long searches.
For both platforms, xpressive comes off well on short matches and roughly
on par with <a href="../../../libs/regex" target="_top">Boost.Regex</a> on long searches.
</p>
<p>
<disclaimer> As with all benchmarks, the true test is how xpressive
performs with <span class="emphasis"><em>your</em></span> patterns, <span class="emphasis"><em>your</em></span>
input, and <span class="emphasis"><em>your</em></span> platform, so if performance matters
in your application, it's best to run your own tests. </disclaimer>
</p>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_gcc"></a><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_gcc" title="xpressive vs. Boost.Regex with GCC (Cygwin)">xpressive
vs. Boost.Regex with GCC (Cygwin)</a>
</h4></div></div></div>
<p>
Below are the results of a performance comparison between:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
static xpressive
</li>
<li class="listitem">
dynamic xpressive
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<a href="../../../libs/regex" target="_top">Boost.Regex</a>
</li>
</ul></div>
<div class="variablelist">
<p class="title"><b>Test Specifications</b></p>
<dl class="variablelist">
<dt><span class="term">Hardware:</span></dt>
<dd><p>
hyper-threaded 3GHz Xeon with 1Gb RAM
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">Operating System:</span></dt>
<dd><p>
Windows XP Pro + Cygwin
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">Compiler:</span></dt>
<dd><p>
GNU C++ version 3.4.4 (Cygwin special)
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">C++ Standard Library:</span></dt>
<dd><p>
GNU libstdc++ version 3.4.4
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><a href="../../../libs/regex" target="_top">Boost.Regex</a> Version:</span></dt>
<dd><p>
1.33+, BOOST_REGEX_USE_CPP_LOCALE, BOOST_REGEX_RECURSIVE
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">xpressive Version:</span></dt>
<dd><p>
0.9.6a
</p></dd>
</dl>
</div>
<h3>
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_gcc.h0"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_gcc.comparison_1__short_matches"></a></span><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_gcc.comparison_1__short_matches">Comparison
1: Short Matches</a>
</h3>
<p>
The following tests evaluate the time taken to match the expression to
the input string. For each result, the top number has been normalized relative
to the fastest time, so 1.0 is as good as it gets. The bottom number (in
parentheses) is the actual time in seconds. The best time has been marked
in green.
</p>
<div class="informaltable">
<h5>
<a name="idm45555013610720"></a><span class="table-title">Short Matches</span>
</h5>
<table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
<col>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th>static xpressive</th>
<th>dynamic xpressive</th>
<th>Boost</th>
<th>Text</th>
<th>Expression</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(8.79e‑07s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1.08<p></p>(9.54e‑07s)</span></td>
<td>2.51<p></p>(2.2e‑06s)</td>
<td>100- this is a line of ftp response which contains a message string</td>
<td><code class="literal">^([0-9]+)(\-| |$)(.*)$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1.06<p></p>(1.07e‑06s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(1.01e‑06s)</span></td>
<td>4.01<p></p>(4.06e‑06s)</td>
<td>1234-5678-1234-456</td>
<td><code class="literal">([[:digit:]]{4}[- ]){3}[[:digit:]]{3,4}</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(1.4e‑06s)</span></td>
<td>1.13<p></p>(1.58e‑06s)</td>
<td>2.89<p></p>(4.05e‑06s)</td>
<td>john_maddock@compuserve.com</td>
<td><code class="literal">^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(1.28e‑06s)</span></td>
<td>1.16<p></p>(1.49e‑06s)</td>
<td>3.07<p></p>(3.94e‑06s)</td>
<td>foo12@foo.edu</td>
<td><code class="literal">^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(1.22e‑06s)</span></td>
<td>1.2<p></p>(1.46e‑06s)</td>
<td>3.22<p></p>(3.93e‑06s)</td>
<td>bob.smith@foo.tv</td>
<td><code class="literal">^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1.04<p></p>(8.64e‑07s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(8.34e‑07s)</span></td>
<td>2.5<p></p>(2.09e‑06s)</td>
<td>EH10 2QQ</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[a-zA-Z]{1,2}[0-9][0-9A-Za-z]{0,1} {0,1}[0-9][A-Za-z]{2}$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.11<p></p>(9.09e‑07s)</td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(8.19e‑07s)</span></td>
<td>2.47<p></p>(2.03e‑06s)</td>
<td>G1 1AA</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[a-zA-Z]{1,2}[0-9][0-9A-Za-z]{0,1} {0,1}[0-9][A-Za-z]{2}$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.12<p></p>(9.38e‑07s)</td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(8.34e‑07s)</span></td>
<td>2.5<p></p>(2.08e‑06s)</td>
<td>SW1 1ZZ</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[a-zA-Z]{1,2}[0-9][0-9A-Za-z]{0,1} {0,1}[0-9][A-Za-z]{2}$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(7.9e‑07s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1.06<p></p>(8.34e‑07s)</span></td>
<td>2.49<p></p>(1.96e‑06s)</td>
<td>4/1/2001</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[[:digit:]]{1,2}/[[:digit:]]{1,2}/[[:digit:]]{4}$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(8.19e‑07s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1.04<p></p>(8.49e‑07s)</span></td>
<td>2.4<p></p>(1.97e‑06s)</td>
<td>12/12/2001</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[[:digit:]]{1,2}/[[:digit:]]{1,2}/[[:digit:]]{4}$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1.09<p></p>(8.95e‑07s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(8.19e‑07s)</span></td>
<td>2.4<p></p>(1.96e‑06s)</td>
<td>123</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[-+]?[[:digit:]]*\.?[[:digit:]]*$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.11<p></p>(8.79e‑07s)</td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(7.9e‑07s)</span></td>
<td>2.57<p></p>(2.03e‑06s)</td>
<td>+3.14159</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[-+]?[[:digit:]]*\.?[[:digit:]]*$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1.09<p></p>(8.94e‑07s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(8.19e‑07s)</span></td>
<td>2.47<p></p>(2.03e‑06s)</td>
<td>-3.14159</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[-+]?[[:digit:]]*\.?[[:digit:]]*$</code></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<h3>
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_gcc.h1"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_gcc.comparison_2__long_searches"></a></span><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_gcc.comparison_2__long_searches">Comparison
2: Long Searches</a>
</h3>
<p>
The next test measures the time to find <span class="emphasis"><em>all</em></span> matches
in a long English text. The text is the <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/3/2/0/3200/3200.zip" target="_top">complete
works of Mark Twain</a>, from <a href="http://promo.net/pg/" target="_top">Project
Gutenberg</a>. The text is 19Mb long. As above, the top number is the
normalized time and the bottom number is the actual time. The best time
is in green.
</p>
<div class="informaltable">
<h5>
<a name="idm45555013549392"></a><span class="table-title">Long Searches</span>
</h5>
<table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th>static xpressive</th>
<th>dynamic xpressive</th>
<th>Boost</th>
<th>Expression</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.0263s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.0263s)</span></td>
<td>1.78<p></p>(0.0469s)</td>
<td><code class="literal">Twain</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.0234s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.0234s)</span></td>
<td>1.79<p></p>(0.042s)</td>
<td><code class="literal">Huck[[:alpha:]]+</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.84<p></p>(1.26s)</td>
<td>2.21<p></p>(1.51s)</td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.687s)</span></td>
<td><code class="literal">[[:alpha:]]+ing</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1.09<p></p>(0.192s)</span></td>
<td>2<p></p>(0.351s)</td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.176s)</span></td>
<td><code class="literal">^[^
]*?Twain</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.41<p></p>(0.08s)</td>
<td>1.21<p></p>(0.0684s)</td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.0566s)</span></td>
<td><code class="literal">Tom|Sawyer|Huckleberry|Finn</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.56<p></p>(0.195s)</td>
<td>1.12<p></p>(0.141s)</td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.125s)</span></td>
<td><code class="literal">(Tom|Sawyer|Huckleberry|Finn).{0,30}river|river.{0,30}(Tom|Sawyer|Huckleberry|Finn)</code></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_msvc"></a><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_msvc" title="xpressive vs. Boost.Regex with Visual C++">xpressive
vs. Boost.Regex with Visual C++</a>
</h4></div></div></div>
<p>
Below are the results of a performance comparison between:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
static xpressive
</li>
<li class="listitem">
dynamic xpressive
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<a href="../../../libs/regex" target="_top">Boost.Regex</a>
</li>
</ul></div>
<div class="variablelist">
<p class="title"><b>Test Specifications</b></p>
<dl class="variablelist">
<dt><span class="term">Hardware:</span></dt>
<dd><p>
hyper-threaded 3GHz Xeon with 1Gb RAM
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">Operating System:</span></dt>
<dd><p>
Windows XP Pro
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">Compiler:</span></dt>
<dd><p>
Visual C++ .NET 2003 (7.1)
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">C++ Standard Library:</span></dt>
<dd><p>
Dinkumware, version 313
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><a href="../../../libs/regex" target="_top">Boost.Regex</a> Version:</span></dt>
<dd><p>
1.33+, BOOST_REGEX_USE_CPP_LOCALE, BOOST_REGEX_RECURSIVE
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">xpressive Version:</span></dt>
<dd><p>
0.9.6a
</p></dd>
</dl>
</div>
<h3>
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_msvc.h0"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_msvc.comparison_1__short_matches"></a></span><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_msvc.comparison_1__short_matches">Comparison
1: Short Matches</a>
</h3>
<p>
The following tests evaluate the time taken to match the expression to
the input string. For each result, the top number has been normalized relative
to the fastest time, so 1.0 is as good as it gets. The bottom number (in
parentheses) is the actual time in seconds. The best time has been marked
in green.
</p>
<div class="informaltable">
<h5>
<a name="idm45555013502544"></a><span class="table-title">Short Matches</span>
</h5>
<table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
<col>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th>static xpressive</th>
<th>dynamic xpressive</th>
<th>Boost</th>
<th>Text</th>
<th>Expression</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(3.2e‑007s)</span></td>
<td>1.37<p></p>(4.4e‑007s)</td>
<td>2.38<p></p>(7.6e‑007s)</td>
<td>100- this is a line of ftp response which contains a message string</td>
<td><code class="literal">^([0-9]+)(\-| |$)(.*)$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(6.4e‑007s)</span></td>
<td>1.12<p></p>(7.15e‑007s)</td>
<td>1.72<p></p>(1.1e‑006s)</td>
<td>1234-5678-1234-456</td>
<td><code class="literal">([[:digit:]]{4}[- ]){3}[[:digit:]]{3,4}</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(9.82e‑007s)</span></td>
<td>1.3<p></p>(1.28e‑006s)</td>
<td>1.61<p></p>(1.58e‑006s)</td>
<td>john_maddock@compuserve.com</td>
<td><code class="literal">^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(8.94e‑007s)</span></td>
<td>1.3<p></p>(1.16e‑006s)</td>
<td>1.7<p></p>(1.52e‑006s)</td>
<td>foo12@foo.edu</td>
<td><code class="literal">^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(9.09e‑007s)</span></td>
<td>1.28<p></p>(1.16e‑006s)</td>
<td>1.67<p></p>(1.52e‑006s)</td>
<td>bob.smith@foo.tv</td>
<td><code class="literal">^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(3.06e‑007s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1.07<p></p>(3.28e‑007s)</span></td>
<td>1.95<p></p>(5.96e‑007s)</td>
<td>EH10 2QQ</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[a-zA-Z]{1,2}[0-9][0-9A-Za-z]{0,1} {0,1}[0-9][A-Za-z]{2}$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(3.13e‑007s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1.09<p></p>(3.42e‑007s)</span></td>
<td>1.86<p></p>(5.81e‑007s)</td>
<td>G1 1AA</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[a-zA-Z]{1,2}[0-9][0-9A-Za-z]{0,1} {0,1}[0-9][A-Za-z]{2}$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(3.2e‑007s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1.09<p></p>(3.5e‑007s)</span></td>
<td>1.86<p></p>(5.96e‑007s)</td>
<td>SW1 1ZZ</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[a-zA-Z]{1,2}[0-9][0-9A-Za-z]{0,1} {0,1}[0-9][A-Za-z]{2}$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(2.68e‑007s)</span></td>
<td>1.22<p></p>(3.28e‑007s)</td>
<td>2<p></p>(5.36e‑007s)</td>
<td>4/1/2001</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[[:digit:]]{1,2}/[[:digit:]]{1,2}/[[:digit:]]{4}$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(2.76e‑007s)</span></td>
<td>1.16<p></p>(3.2e‑007s)</td>
<td>1.94<p></p>(5.36e‑007s)</td>
<td>12/12/2001</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[[:digit:]]{1,2}/[[:digit:]]{1,2}/[[:digit:]]{4}$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(2.98e‑007s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1.03<p></p>(3.06e‑007s)</span></td>
<td>1.85<p></p>(5.51e‑007s)</td>
<td>123</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[-+]?[[:digit:]]*\.?[[:digit:]]*$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(3.2e‑007s)</span></td>
<td>1.12<p></p>(3.58e‑007s)</td>
<td>1.81<p></p>(5.81e‑007s)</td>
<td>+3.14159</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[-+]?[[:digit:]]*\.?[[:digit:]]*$</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(3.28e‑007s)</span></td>
<td>1.11<p></p>(3.65e‑007s)</td>
<td>1.77<p></p>(5.81e‑007s)</td>
<td>-3.14159</td>
<td><code class="literal">^[-+]?[[:digit:]]*\.?[[:digit:]]*$</code></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<h3>
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_msvc.h1"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_msvc.comparison_2__long_searches"></a></span><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.perf.perf_msvc.comparison_2__long_searches">Comparison
2: Long Searches</a>
</h3>
<p>
The next test measures the time to find <span class="emphasis"><em>all</em></span> matches
in a long English text. The text is the <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/3/2/0/3200/3200.zip" target="_top">complete
works of Mark Twain</a>, from <a href="http://promo.net/pg/" target="_top">Project
Gutenberg</a>. The text is 19Mb long. As above, the top number is the
normalized time and the bottom number is the actual time. The best time
is in green.
</p>
<div class="informaltable">
<h5>
<a name="idm45555013442512"></a><span class="table-title">Long Searches</span>
</h5>
<table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th>static xpressive</th>
<th>dynamic xpressive</th>
<th>Boost</th>
<th>Expression</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.019s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.019s)</span></td>
<td>2.98<p></p>(0.0566s)</td>
<td><code class="literal">Twain</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.0176s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.0176s)</span></td>
<td>3.17<p></p>(0.0556s)</td>
<td><code class="literal">Huck[[:alpha:]]+</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3.62<p></p>(1.78s)</td>
<td>3.97<p></p>(1.95s)</td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.492s)</span></td>
<td><code class="literal">[[:alpha:]]+ing</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2.32<p></p>(0.344s)</td>
<td>3.06<p></p>(0.453s)</td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.148s)</span></td>
<td><code class="literal">^[^
]*?Twain</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.0576s)</span></td>
<td><span class="highlight">1.05<p></p>(0.0606s)</span></td>
<td>1.15<p></p>(0.0664s)</td>
<td><code class="literal">Tom|Sawyer|Huckleberry|Finn</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.24<p></p>(0.164s)</td>
<td>1.44<p></p>(0.191s)</td>
<td><span class="highlight">1<p></p>(0.133s)</span></td>
<td><code class="literal">(Tom|Sawyer|Huckleberry|Finn).{0,30}river|river.{0,30}(Tom|Sawyer|Huckleberry|Finn)</code></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes"></a><a class="link" href="appendices.html#xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes" title="Appendix 5: Implementation Notes">Appendix
5: Implementation Notes</a>
</h3></div></div></div>
<div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="section"><a href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___">Cycle
collection with <code class="literal">tracking_ptr<></code></a></span></dt></dl></div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___"></a><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___" title="Cycle collection with tracking_ptr<>">Cycle
collection with <code class="literal">tracking_ptr<></code></a>
</h4></div></div></div>
<p>
In xpressive, regex objects can refer to each other and themselves by value
or by reference. In addition, they ref-count their referenced regexes to
keep them alive. This creates the possibility for cyclic reference counts,
and raises the possibility of memory leaks. xpressive avoids leaks by using
a type called <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tracking_ptr</span><span class="special"><></span></code>. This doc describes at a high level
how <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tracking_ptr</span><span class="special"><></span></code>
works.
</p>
<h3>
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.h0"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.constraints"></a></span><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.constraints">Constraints</a>
</h3>
<p>
Our solution must meet the following design constraints:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
No dangling references: All objects referred to directly or indirectly
must be kept alive as long as the references are needed.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
No leaks: all objects must be freed eventually.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
No user intervention: The solution must not require users to explicitly
invoke some cycle collection routine.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
Clean-up is no-throw: The collection phase will likely be called from
a destructor, so it must never throw an exception under any circumstance.
</li>
</ul></div>
<h3>
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.h1"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.handle_body_idiom"></a></span><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.handle_body_idiom">Handle-Body
Idiom</a>
</h3>
<p>
To use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tracking_ptr</span><span class="special"><></span></code>,
you must separate your type into a handle and a body. In the case of xpressive,
the handle type is called <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">basic_regex</span><span class="special"><></span></code> and the body is called <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">regex_impl</span><span class="special"><></span></code>.
The handle will store a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tracking_ptr</span><span class="special"><></span></code> to the body.
</p>
<p>
The body type must inherit from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">enable_reference_tracking</span><span class="special"><></span></code>. This gives the body the bookkeeping
data structures that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tracking_ptr</span><span class="special"><></span></code> will use. In particular, it gives
the body:
</p>
<div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">shared_ptr</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">body</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">refs_</span></code>
: collection of bodies to which this body refers, and
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">weak_ptr</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">body</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">deps_</span></code>
: collection of bodies which refer to this body.
</li>
</ol></div>
<h3>
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.h2"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.references_and_dependencies"></a></span><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.references_and_dependencies">References
and Dependencies</a>
</h3>
<p>
We refer to (1) above as the "references" and (2) as the "dependencies".
It is crucial to the understanding of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tracking_ptr</span><span class="special"><></span></code> to recognize that the set of references
includes both those objects that are referred to directly as well as those
that are referred to indirectly (that is, through another reference). The
same is true for the set of dependencies. In other words, each body holds
a ref-count directly to every other body that it needs.
</p>
<p>
Why is this important? Because it means that when a body no longer has
a handle referring to it, all its references can be released immediately
without fear of creating dangling references.
</p>
<p>
References and dependencies cross-pollinate. Here's how it works:
</p>
<div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
<li class="listitem">
When one object acquires another as a reference, the second object
acquires the first as a dependency.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
In addition, the first object acquires all of the second object's references,
and the second object acquires all of the first object's dependencies.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
When an object picks up a new reference, the reference is also added
to all dependent objects.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
When an object picks up a new dependency, the dependency is also added
to all referenced objects.
</li>
<li class="listitem">
An object is never allowed to have itself as a dependency. Objects
may have themselves as references, and often do.
</li>
</ol></div>
<p>
Consider the following code:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">sregex</span> <span class="identifier">expr</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">sregex</span> <span class="identifier">group</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="char">'('</span> <span class="special">>></span> <span class="identifier">by_ref</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">expr</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">>></span> <span class="char">')'</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// (1)</span>
<span class="identifier">sregex</span> <span class="identifier">fact</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">+</span><span class="identifier">_d</span> <span class="special">|</span> <span class="identifier">group</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// (2)</span>
<span class="identifier">sregex</span> <span class="identifier">term</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">fact</span> <span class="special">>></span> <span class="special">*((</span><span class="char">'*'</span> <span class="special">>></span> <span class="identifier">fact</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">|</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="char">'/'</span> <span class="special">>></span> <span class="identifier">fact</span><span class="special">));</span> <span class="comment">// (3)</span>
<span class="identifier">expr</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">term</span> <span class="special">>></span> <span class="special">*((</span><span class="char">'+'</span> <span class="special">>></span> <span class="identifier">term</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">|</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="char">'-'</span> <span class="special">>></span> <span class="identifier">term</span><span class="special">));</span> <span class="comment">// (4)</span>
<span class="special">}</span> <span class="comment">// (5)</span>
</pre>
<p>
Here is how the references and dependencies propagate, line by line:
</p>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="table">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<thead><tr>
<th>
<p>
Expression
</p>
</th>
<th>
<p>
Effects
</p>
</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
1) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">sregex</span> <span class="identifier">group</span>
<span class="special">=</span> <span class="char">'('</span>
<span class="special">>></span> <span class="identifier">by_ref</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">expr</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">>></span>
<span class="char">')'</span><span class="special">;</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
<code class="literal">group: cnt=1 refs={expr} deps={}<br> expr: cnt=2 refs={}
deps={group}</code>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
2) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">sregex</span> <span class="identifier">fact</span>
<span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">+</span><span class="identifier">_d</span> <span class="special">|</span>
<span class="identifier">group</span><span class="special">;</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
<code class="literal">group: cnt=2 refs={expr} deps={fact}<br> expr: cnt=3
refs={} deps={group,fact}<br> fact: cnt=1 refs={expr,group}
deps={}</code>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
3) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">sregex</span> <span class="identifier">term</span>
<span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">fact</span>
<span class="special">>></span> <span class="special">*((</span><span class="char">'*'</span> <span class="special">>></span>
<span class="identifier">fact</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">|</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="char">'/'</span> <span class="special">>></span>
<span class="identifier">fact</span><span class="special">));</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
<code class="literal">group: cnt=3 refs={expr} deps={fact,term}<br> expr:
cnt=4 refs={} deps={group,fact,term}<br> fact: cnt=2 refs={expr,group}
deps={term}<br> term: cnt=1 refs={expr,group,fact} deps={}</code>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
4) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">expr</span> <span class="special">=</span>
<span class="identifier">term</span> <span class="special">>></span>
<span class="special">*((</span><span class="char">'+'</span>
<span class="special">>></span> <span class="identifier">term</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">|</span>
<span class="special">(</span><span class="char">'-'</span>
<span class="special">>></span> <span class="identifier">term</span><span class="special">));</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
<code class="literal">group: cnt=5 refs={expr,group,fact,term} deps={expr,fact,term}<br>
expr: cnt=5 refs={expr,group,fact,term} deps={group,fact,term}<br>
fact: cnt=5 refs={expr,group,fact,term} deps={expr,group,term}<br>
term: cnt=5 refs={expr,group,fact,term} deps={expr,group,fact}</code>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
5) <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">}</span></code>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
<code class="literal">expr: cnt=2 refs={expr,group,fact,term} deps={group,fact,term}</code>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p>
This shows how references and dependencies propagate when creating cycles
of objects. After line (4), which closes the cycle, every object has a
ref-count on every other object, even to itself. So how does this not leak?
Read on.
</p>
<h3>
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.h3"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.cycle_breaking"></a></span><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.cycle_breaking">Cycle
Breaking</a>
</h3>
<p>
Now that the bodies have their sets of references and dependencies, the
hard part is done. All that remains is to decide when and where to break
the cycle. That is the job of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tracking_ptr</span><span class="special"><></span></code>, which is part of the handle. The
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tracking_ptr</span><span class="special"><></span></code>
holds 2 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">shared_ptr</span></code>s. The
first, obviously, is the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">shared_ptr</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">body</span><span class="special">></span></code> -- the reference to the body to which
this handle refers. The other <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">shared_ptr</span></code>
is used to break the cycle. It ensures that when all the handles to a body
go out of scope, the body's set of references is cleared.
</p>
<p>
This suggests that more than one handle can refer to a body. In fact,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tracking_ptr</span><span class="special"><></span></code>
gives you copy-on-write semantics -- when you copy a handle, the body is
shared. That makes copies very efficient. Eventually, all the handles to
a particular body go out of scope. When that happens, the ref count to
the body might still be greater than 0 because some other body (or this
body itself!) might be holding a reference to it. However, we are certain
that the cycle-breaker's ref-count goes to 0 because the cycle-breaker
only lives in handles. No more handles, no more cycle-breakers.
</p>
<p>
What does the cycle-breaker do? Recall that the body has a set of references
of type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">shared_ptr</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">body</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="special">></span></code>. Let's call this type "references_type".
The cycle-breaker is a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">shared_ptr</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">references_type</span><span class="special">></span></code>. It uses a custom deleter, which is
defined as follows:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">DerivedT</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">reference_deleter</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="special">()(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">shared_ptr</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">DerivedT</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">refs</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">refs</span><span class="special">-></span><span class="identifier">clear</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
</pre>
<p>
The job of to the cycle breaker is to ensure that when the last handle
to a body goes away, the body's set of references is cleared. That's it.
</p>
<p>
We can clearly see how this guarantees that all bodies are cleaned up eventually.
Once every handle has gone out of scope, all the bodies' sets of references
will be cleared, leaving none with a non-zero ref-count. No leaks, guaranteed.
</p>
<p>
It's a bit harder to see how this guarantees no dangling references. Imagine
that there are 3 bodies: A, B and C. A refers to B which refers to C. Now
all the handles to B go out of scope, so B's set of references is cleared.
Doesn't this mean that C gets deleted, even though it is being used (indirectly)
by A? It doesn't. This situation can never occur because we propagated
the references and dependencies above such that A will be holding a reference
directly to C in addition to B. When B's set of references is cleared,
no bodies get deleted, because they are all still in use by A.
</p>
<h3>
<a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.h4"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.future_work"></a></span><a class="link" href="appendices.html#boost_xpressive.appendices.appendix_5__implementation_notes.cycle_collection_with___tracking_ptr___.future_work">Future
Work</a>
</h3>
<p>
All these <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span></code>s and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">shared_ptr</span></code>s
and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">weak_ptr</span></code>s! Very inefficient.
I used them because they were handy. I could probably do better.
</p>
<p>
Also, some objects stick around longer than they need to. Consider:
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">sregex</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">sregex</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">_</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">by_ref</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">_</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="comment">// a is still alive here!</span>
</pre>
<p>
Due to the way references and dependencies are propagated, the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span></code> of references can only grow. It never
shrinks, even when some references are no longer needed. For xpressive
this isn't an issue. The graphs of referential objects generally stay small
and isolated. If someone were to try to use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">tracking_ptr</span><span class="special"><></span></code> as a general ref-count-cycle-collection
mechanism, this problem would have to be addressed.
</p>
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