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/*!
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This crate provides a robust regular expression parser.
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This crate defines two primary types:
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* [`Ast`](ast::Ast) is the abstract syntax of a regular expression.
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  An abstract syntax corresponds to a *structured representation* of the
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  concrete syntax of a regular expression, where the concrete syntax is the
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  pattern string itself (e.g., `foo(bar)+`). Given some abstract syntax, it
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  can be converted back to the original concrete syntax (modulo some details,
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  like whitespace). To a first approximation, the abstract syntax is complex
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  and difficult to analyze.
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* [`Hir`](hir::Hir) is the high-level intermediate representation
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  ("HIR" or "high-level IR" for short) of regular expression. It corresponds to
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  an intermediate state of a regular expression that sits between the abstract
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  syntax and the low level compiled opcodes that are eventually responsible for
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  executing a regular expression search. Given some high-level IR, it is not
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  possible to produce the original concrete syntax (although it is possible to
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  produce an equivalent concrete syntax, but it will likely scarcely resemble
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  the original pattern). To a first approximation, the high-level IR is simple
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  and easy to analyze.
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These two types come with conversion routines:
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* An [`ast::parse::Parser`] converts concrete syntax (a `&str`) to an
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[`Ast`](ast::Ast).
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* A [`hir::translate::Translator`] converts an [`Ast`](ast::Ast) to a
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[`Hir`](hir::Hir).
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As a convenience, the above two conversion routines are combined into one via
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the top-level [`Parser`] type. This `Parser` will first convert your pattern to
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an `Ast` and then convert the `Ast` to an `Hir`. It's also exposed as top-level
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[`parse`] free function.
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# Example
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This example shows how to parse a pattern string into its HIR:
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```
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use regex_syntax::{hir::Hir, parse};
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let hir = parse("a|b")?;
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assert_eq!(hir, Hir::alternation(vec![
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    Hir::literal("a".as_bytes()),
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    Hir::literal("b".as_bytes()),
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]));
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# Ok::<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>(())
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```
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# Concrete syntax supported
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The concrete syntax is documented as part of the public API of the
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[`regex` crate](https://docs.rs/regex/%2A/regex/#syntax).
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# Input safety
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A key feature of this library is that it is safe to use with end user facing
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input. This plays a significant role in the internal implementation. In
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particular:
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1. Parsers provide a `nest_limit` option that permits callers to control how
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   deeply nested a regular expression is allowed to be. This makes it possible
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   to do case analysis over an `Ast` or an `Hir` using recursion without
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   worrying about stack overflow.
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2. Since relying on a particular stack size is brittle, this crate goes to
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   great lengths to ensure that all interactions with both the `Ast` and the
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   `Hir` do not use recursion. Namely, they use constant stack space and heap
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   space proportional to the size of the original pattern string (in bytes).
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   This includes the type's corresponding destructors. (One exception to this
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   is literal extraction, but this will eventually get fixed.)
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# Error reporting
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The `Display` implementations on all `Error` types exposed in this library
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provide nice human readable errors that are suitable for showing to end users
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in a monospace font.
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# Literal extraction
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This crate provides limited support for [literal extraction from `Hir`
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values](hir::literal). Be warned that literal extraction uses recursion, and
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therefore, stack size proportional to the size of the `Hir`.
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The purpose of literal extraction is to speed up searches. That is, if you
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know a regular expression must match a prefix or suffix literal, then it is
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often quicker to search for instances of that literal, and then confirm or deny
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the match using the full regular expression engine. These optimizations are
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done automatically in the `regex` crate.
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# Crate features
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An important feature provided by this crate is its Unicode support. This
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includes things like case folding, boolean properties, general categories,
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scripts and Unicode-aware support for the Perl classes `\w`, `\s` and `\d`.
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However, a downside of this support is that it requires bundling several
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Unicode data tables that are substantial in size.
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A fair number of use cases do not require full Unicode support. For this
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reason, this crate exposes a number of features to control which Unicode
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data is available.
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If a regular expression attempts to use a Unicode feature that is not available
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because the corresponding crate feature was disabled, then translating that
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regular expression to an `Hir` will return an error. (It is still possible
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construct an `Ast` for such a regular expression, since Unicode data is not
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used until translation to an `Hir`.) Stated differently, enabling or disabling
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any of the features below can only add or subtract from the total set of valid
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regular expressions. Enabling or disabling a feature will never modify the
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match semantics of a regular expression.
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The following features are available:
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* **std** -
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  Enables support for the standard library. This feature is enabled by default.
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  When disabled, only `core` and `alloc` are used. Otherwise, enabling `std`
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  generally just enables `std::error::Error` trait impls for the various error
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  types.
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* **unicode** -
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  Enables all Unicode features. This feature is enabled by default, and will
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  always cover all Unicode features, even if more are added in the future.
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* **unicode-age** -
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  Provide the data for the
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  [Unicode `Age` property](https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/tr44-24.html#Character_Age).
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  This makes it possible to use classes like `\p{Age:6.0}` to refer to all
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  codepoints first introduced in Unicode 6.0
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* **unicode-bool** -
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  Provide the data for numerous Unicode boolean properties. The full list
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  is not included here, but contains properties like `Alphabetic`, `Emoji`,
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  `Lowercase`, `Math`, `Uppercase` and `White_Space`.
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* **unicode-case** -
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  Provide the data for case insensitive matching using
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  [Unicode's "simple loose matches" specification](https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr18/#Simple_Loose_Matches).
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* **unicode-gencat** -
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  Provide the data for
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  [Unicode general categories](https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/tr44-24.html#General_Category_Values).
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  This includes, but is not limited to, `Decimal_Number`, `Letter`,
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  `Math_Symbol`, `Number` and `Punctuation`.
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* **unicode-perl** -
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  Provide the data for supporting the Unicode-aware Perl character classes,
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  corresponding to `\w`, `\s` and `\d`. This is also necessary for using
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  Unicode-aware word boundary assertions. Note that if this feature is
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  disabled, the `\s` and `\d` character classes are still available if the
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  `unicode-bool` and `unicode-gencat` features are enabled, respectively.
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* **unicode-script** -
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  Provide the data for
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  [Unicode scripts and script extensions](https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr24/).
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  This includes, but is not limited to, `Arabic`, `Cyrillic`, `Hebrew`,
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  `Latin` and `Thai`.
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* **unicode-segment** -
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  Provide the data necessary to provide the properties used to implement the
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  [Unicode text segmentation algorithms](https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr29/).
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  This enables using classes like `\p{gcb=Extend}`, `\p{wb=Katakana}` and
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  `\p{sb=ATerm}`.
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* **arbitrary** -
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  [`arbitrary`](https://crates.io/crates/arbitrary)
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  crate. Namely, it implements the `Arbitrary` trait from that crate for the
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  [`Ast`](crate::ast::Ast) type. This feature is disabled by default.
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*/
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#![no_std]
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#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
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#![deny(missing_docs, rustdoc::broken_intra_doc_links)]
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#![warn(missing_debug_implementations)]
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#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_auto_cfg))]
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#[cfg(any(test, feature = "std"))]
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extern crate std;
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extern crate alloc;
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pub use crate::{
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    error::Error,
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    parser::{parse, Parser, ParserBuilder},
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    unicode::UnicodeWordError,
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};
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use alloc::string::String;
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pub mod ast;
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mod debug;
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mod either;
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mod error;
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pub mod hir;
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mod parser;
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mod rank;
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mod unicode;
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mod unicode_tables;
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pub mod utf8;
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/// Escapes all regular expression meta characters in `text`.
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///
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/// The string returned may be safely used as a literal in a regular
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/// expression.
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pub fn escape(text: &str) -> String {
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    escape_into(text, &mut quoted);
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    quoted
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}
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/// Escapes all meta characters in `text` and writes the result into `buf`.
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///
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/// that are appended are safe to use as a literal in a regular expression.
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pub fn escape_into(text: &str, buf: &mut String) {
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    buf.reserve(text.len());
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        if is_meta_character(c) {
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    }
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/// Returns true if the given character has significance in a regex.
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/// Generally speaking, these are the only characters which _must_ be escaped
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/// in order to match their literal meaning. For example, to match a literal
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/// `|`, one could write `\|`. Sometimes escaping isn't always necessary. For
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/// example, `-` is treated as a meta character because of its significance
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/// In order to determine whether a character may be escaped at all, the
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/// `is_meta_character` and `is_escapeable_character` is that the latter will
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/// return true for some characters that are _not_ meta characters. For
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/// example, `%` and `\%` both match a literal `%` in all contexts. In other
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/// words, `is_escapeable_character` includes "superfluous" escapes.
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/// `false` is fixed and won't change in a semver compatible release. (In this
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/// breaking change for not just `regex-syntax` but also `regex` itself.)
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/// # Example
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///
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/// ```
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/// use regex_syntax::is_meta_character;
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/// assert!(is_meta_character('?'));
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/// assert!(is_meta_character('-'));
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/// assert!(is_meta_character('&'));
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/// assert!(is_meta_character('#'));
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/// assert!(!is_meta_character('%'));
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/// assert!(!is_meta_character('/'));
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/// assert!(!is_meta_character('!'));
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/// assert!(!is_meta_character('"'));
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/// assert!(!is_meta_character('e'));
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/// ```
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pub fn is_meta_character(c: char) -> bool {
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        '\\' | '.' | '+' | '*' | '?' | '(' | ')' | '|' | '[' | ']' | '{'
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        | '}' | '^' | '$' | '#' | '&' | '-' | '~' => true,
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    }
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}
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/// Returns true if the given character can be escaped in a regex.
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/// For example, `%` is not a meta character, but it is escapeable. That is,
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/// with its own meaning. Indeed, that is the purpose of banning _some_
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pub fn is_escapeable_character(c: char) -> bool {
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pub fn is_word_character(c: char) -> bool {
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pub fn try_is_word_character(
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pub fn is_word_byte(c: u8) -> bool {
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mod tests {
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}