Re: Named backreferences with Oniguruma

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Daniel B. wrote in [ruby-talk:204267]:

I’m trying to figure out how to get at named backreferences with
Oniguruma, but I’m having some problems figuring it out. Here’s
the interface I would like to have:

MatchData#[] in 1.8 doesn’t take symbols.

Couldn’t it be added? I mean, it’s a custom re.c anyway, isn’t it?

To which? Oniguruma doesn’t contain the patch for 1.8?

To 1.8.x. I guess I’m a little confused. If I’ve installed Oniguruma
properly, should MatchData#[] allow symbols or not for 1.8.x?

Thanks,

Dan

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Hi,

At Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:30:39 +0900,
Berger, Daniel wrote in [ruby-talk:204281]:

To 1.8.x. I guess I’m a little confused. If I’ve installed Oniguruma
properly, should MatchData#[] allow symbols or not for 1.8.x?

No, Oniguruma contains the patch for ruby 1.8.4, but it’s only
for just replacement old regexp engine. Named capture is
relatively newer feature so you’d have to ask Kosako-san.
Possibly, it might work by copying re.c from 1.9, though I
haven’t tried it.