//! How pardes runs a regular expression over text: mvzr's, searched the way //! sam searches (editors/acme/regx.c). `addr` (src/ninep/addr.zig) and //! normal mode's `s` and `S` (src/normal.zig) both call it. const std = @import("std"); const builtin = @import("builtin"); const mvzr = @import("mvzr"); /// A compiled pattern and how to run it. /// /// sam searches the text as lines: `^` and `$` at any line's start and end, /// and `.` never a newline. mvzr has no such mode (its `^` and `$` are the /// haystack's ends, its `.` any byte), so each line is its own haystack, and /// a pattern that names a newline (`\n`) runs over the whole text with its /// `.`s made `[^\n]`. /// /// mvzr backtracks, and has no bound on its work of its own: `a?` twenty /// times then twenty `a`s is 2^20 steps from each start, `a*a*a*a*x` over a line of a /// hundred `a`s a second. The search runs with the editor's turn, so it must /// come back: build.zig patches a step budget into mvzr's matcher, and a /// search that spends `budget` steps (about 300 ms here) stops with /// `TooSlow`, found nothing rather than something wrong. /// /// ponytail: mvzr takes the first alternative that matches, not sam's /// longest (`gam|gamma` finds `gam`); a search from the middle of a line lets /// `^` match there unless the pattern starts with it; across lines, `^`, `$` /// and `[^...]` keep mvzr's meaning; and a quadratic pattern over a long /// enough line (`\s*(\w+)\s*=` over 20 KB of letters) runs out of budget. A /// regex engine of sam's own would lift these; the user chose not to have /// one. /// mvzr's own `Regex` holds 64 operations, some 64 pattern characters; a /// search pattern is often longer. Past these a pattern is refused naming /// the limit (`e_long`). pub const max_ops = 512; const Compiled = mvzr.SizedRegex(max_ops, 64); pub const Regex = struct { re: Compiled, /// The pattern names a newline: it runs over the whole text. spans: bool, /// The pattern starts with `^`: a search begun mid-line skips the line. bol: bool, /// mvzr steps left to every search with this compiled pattern together, /// so that addr's backward scan and s/S's many calls share one bound. steps: u64 = budget, /// Timed on this machine's ReleaseSafe build: 10M steps of the worst /// patterns take 45-80 ms, and a Debug build is ten times slower. pub const budget: u64 = if (builtin.mode == .Debug) 4_000_000 else 32_000_000; pub const e_long = std.fmt.comptimePrint("bad regular expression: longer than mvzr's {d} operations (about {d} pattern characters)", .{ max_ops, max_ops }); pub const e_anchor = "bad regular expression: in a pattern with \\n, ^ can only come first and $ only just before a \\n"; /// `Anchor`: a pattern that names a newline has `^` other than first, /// or `$` other than just before a `\n`, which mvzr would read as the /// ends of the whole text and so never match where sam would. pub fn compile(pat: []const u8) error{ Bad, Anchor, TooLong }!Regex { if (pat.len == 0) return error.Bad; // mvzr takes `^` only at its pattern's start, so `^def|^ ` (a `^` // after a `|`) is written `^(def| )` for it: the same lines. A mix, // `^a|b`, has no such spelling and is refused rather than wrong. var joined: [5 * max_ops + 2]u8 = undefined; if (try anchoredAlternation(pat, &joined)) |whole| return compile(whole); // `.` may become `[^\n]`: five bytes for one. var buf: [5 * max_ops]u8 = undefined; var len: usize = 0; var spans = false; // Twice over the pattern: the first pass learns whether it names a // newline, which the second needs to rewrite its `.`s. for ([2]bool{ false, true }) |emit| { var i: usize = 0; // mvzr ends a class at its first unescaped `]`, even one that // comes first (`[]a]` is an empty class, then `a]`); a `]` member // is written `\]`. var in_class = false; while (i < pat.len) : (i += 1) { const c = pat[i]; var piece: []const u8 = pat[i .. i + 1]; if (c == '\\') { if (i + 1 >= pat.len) return error.Bad; i += 1; piece = pat[i - 1 .. i + 1]; if (pat[i] == 'n') spans = true; // mvzr slices two hex digits after `\x` without looking, // so a short one panics it: refuse it here. if (pat[i] == 'x' and (i + 2 >= pat.len or !std.ascii.isHex(pat[i + 1]) or !std.ascii.isHex(pat[i + 2]))) return error.Bad; } else if (in_class) { in_class = c != ']'; } else if (c == '[') { in_class = true; } else if (c == '.' and spans) { piece = "[^\\n]"; } else if (spans and c == '^' and i != 0) { return error.Anchor; } else if (spans and c == '$') { // `x$\n` is `x\n`; any other `$` would be the text's end. if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, pat[i + 1 ..], "\\n")) continue; return error.Anchor; } if (!emit) continue; if (len + piece.len > buf.len) return error.TooLong; @memcpy(buf[len..][0..piece.len], piece); len += piece.len; } } return .{ .re = Compiled.compile(buf[0..len]) orelse { // Too long, or malformed: told apart by trying it with room. if (mvzr.SizedRegex(4 * max_ops, 256).compile(buf[0..len]) != null) return error.TooLong; return error.Bad; }, .spans = spans, .bol = pat[0] == '^', }; } /// `^a|^b` as `^(a|b)` in `out`, when the pattern is an alternation at /// its top level and every branch starts with `^`; null when it is not /// one, or no branch does. fn anchoredAlternation(pat: []const u8, out: *[5 * max_ops + 2]u8) error{Bad}!?[]const u8 { var bars: [16]usize = undefined; var n: usize = 0; var depth: usize = 0; var in_class = false; var i: usize = 0; while (i < pat.len) : (i += 1) { const c = pat[i]; if (c == '\\') { i += 1; } else if (in_class) { in_class = c != ']'; } else if (c == '[') { in_class = true; } else if (c == '(') { depth += 1; } else if (c == ')') { depth -|= 1; } else if (c == '|' and depth == 0) { if (n == bars.len) return error.Bad; bars[n] = i; n += 1; } } if (n == 0) return null; var anchored: usize = 0; var from: usize = 0; for (0..n + 1) |k| { const to = if (k < n) bars[k] else pat.len; anchored += @intFromBool(to > from and pat[from] == '^'); from = to + 1; } if (anchored == 0) return null; if (anchored != n + 1) return error.Bad; var w = std.Io.Writer.fixed(out); w.writeAll("^(") catch return error.Bad; from = 0; for (0..n + 1) |k| { const to = if (k < n) bars[k] else pat.len; if (k > 0) w.writeByte('|') catch return error.Bad; w.writeAll(pat[from + 1 .. to]) catch return error.Bad; from = to + 1; } w.writeByte(')') catch return error.Bad; return w.buffered(); } pub const Match = struct { start: usize, end: usize }; /// The first match that starts in `from..=last` and ends by `hi`, as /// offsets into `text`. The text before `from` still says where lines /// begin. pub fn find(rx: *Regex, text: []const u8, from: usize, last: usize, hi: usize) error{TooSlow}!?Match { mvzr.steps_left = rx.steps; mvzr.exhausted = false; defer rx.steps = mvzr.steps_left; // A `^` pattern that spans lines: mvzr's `^` is its haystack's start, // so each line start from `from` on is tried as one. // ponytail: a search per line start, each to `hi`; the step budget // bounds it. if (rx.spans and rx.bol) { var s = if (from == 0 or text[from - 1] == '\n') from else (std.mem.indexOfScalarPos(u8, text[0..hi], from, '\n') orelse return null) + 1; while (s <= last and s <= hi) { const hit = rx.re.match(text[s..hi]); if (mvzr.exhausted) return error.TooSlow; if (hit) |m| if (m.start == 0) return .{ .start = s, .end = s + m.end }; s = (std.mem.indexOfScalarPos(u8, text[0..hi], s, '\n') orelse return null) + 1; } return null; } var start: usize = if (rx.spans) 0 else if (std.mem.lastIndexOfScalar(u8, text[0..from], '\n')) |nl| nl + 1 else 0; var at = from - start; // `^` cannot match in the middle of a line. if (!rx.spans and rx.bol and at > 0) { start = (std.mem.indexOfScalarPos(u8, text[0..hi], from, '\n') orelse return null) + 1; at = 0; } while (start <= hi and start <= last) { const end = if (rx.spans) hi else std.mem.indexOfScalarPos(u8, text[0..hi], start, '\n') orelse hi; const line = text[start..end]; // matchPos finds nothing at a haystack's very end, where `$` or // an empty match still can. const hit: ?[2]usize = if (at < line.len) (if (rx.re.matchPos(at, line)) |m| .{ m.start, m.end } else null) else if (at == line.len and rx.re.isMatch(line[at..])) .{ at, at } else null; if (mvzr.exhausted) return error.TooSlow; if (hit) |h| { if (start + h[0] > last) return null; return .{ .start = start + h[0], .end = start + h[1] }; } if (end == hi) return null; start = end + 1; at = 0; } return null; } }; test "lines are haystacks: ^ and $ at each line, . never a newline, \\n spans lines" { const text = "alpha beta\nbeta gamma\ngamma\n"; const Case = struct { pat: []const u8, from: usize, start: usize, end: usize }; for ([_]Case{ .{ .pat = "^beta", .from = 0, .start = 11, .end = 15 }, .{ .pat = "beta$", .from = 0, .start = 6, .end = 10 }, .{ .pat = "a.*", .from = 0, .start = 0, .end = 10 }, .{ .pat = "a\\nbeta", .from = 0, .start = 9, .end = 15 }, .{ .pat = "t.\\nbeta", .from = 0, .start = 8, .end = 15 }, .{ .pat = "^", .from = 1, .start = 11, .end = 11 }, }) |c| { var rx = try Regex.compile(c.pat); const m = (try rx.find(text, c.from, text.len, text.len)).?; try std.testing.expectEqual(c.start, m.start); try std.testing.expectEqual(c.end, m.end); } _ = try Regex.compile("a.*a\\nq"); // `^` at every line start and `$` before a newline, when a pattern // spans lines; anywhere else they are refused, never silently wrong. const defs = "x = 1\ndef a\n\ndef b\n"; var def = try Regex.compile("^def .*\\n"); const d = (try def.find(defs, 0, defs.len, defs.len)).?; try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 6), d.start); try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 12), d.end); try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 13), (try def.find(defs, 7, defs.len, defs.len)).?.start); var blank = try Regex.compile("^\\n"); try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 12), (try blank.find(defs, 0, defs.len, defs.len)).?.start); var dollar = try Regex.compile("1$\\n"); try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 4), (try dollar.find(defs, 0, defs.len, defs.len)).?.start); try std.testing.expectError(error.Anchor, Regex.compile("(^|\\n)def")); try std.testing.expectError(error.Anchor, Regex.compile("a$\\nb$")); var none = try Regex.compile("zzz"); try std.testing.expect(try none.find(text, 0, text.len, text.len) == null); try std.testing.expectError(error.Bad, Regex.compile("")); try std.testing.expectError(error.Bad, Regex.compile("a\\")); } test "a pattern past 64 characters compiles, and one past the limit says so" { var long = try Regex.compile("a" ** 200); const text = "x" ++ "a" ** 200 ++ "\n"; try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), (try long.find(text, 0, text.len, text.len)).?.start); try std.testing.expectError(error.TooLong, Regex.compile("a" ** (max_ops + 8))); try std.testing.expectError(error.Bad, Regex.compile("a[b")); } test "a ^ after | anchors that branch: ^def|^ finds a line that starts either way, and a mix is refused" { const text = "x def\n a\ndef b\n"; var both = try Regex.compile("^def|^ "); try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 6), (try both.find(text, 0, text.len, text.len)).?.start); try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 9), (try both.find(text, 7, text.len, text.len)).?.start); try std.testing.expectError(error.Bad, Regex.compile("^def|x")); var plain = try Regex.compile("a|b"); try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 7), (try plain.find(text, 0, text.len, text.len)).?.start); } test "a quoted backslash before n is no newline, and a class ends where mvzr ends it" { // `\\n` is a backslash then an n: the pattern stays on one line, so its // `.` is not made [^\n] and does match within the line. var slash = try Regex.compile("a\\\\n."); try std.testing.expect(!slash.spans); try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), (try slash.find("a\\nX", 0, 4, 4)).?.start); // `[\]x]` is a class of `]` and `x`: the escaped `]` does not end it, // so the `*` after it is a repeat and the `.` a newline's rewrite. var class = try Regex.compile("[\\]x]*y.\\n"); try std.testing.expect(class.spans); try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), (try class.find("-]x]y!\nz", 0, 8, 8)).?.start); try std.testing.expect(try class.find("-]x]y\n\n", 0, 7, 7) == null); // mvzr reads `[]x]` as an empty class then `x]`, which nothing matches. var empty = try Regex.compile("[]x]"); try std.testing.expect(try empty.find("x]", 0, 2, 2) == null); } test "a search that would backtrack without end runs out of budget, promptly" { var line: [20000]u8 = @splat('a'); for ([_][]const u8{ "(a|ab)*c", "a*a*a*a*a*x", ".*.*.*x" }) |pat| { var rx = try Regex.compile(pat); try std.testing.expectError(error.TooSlow, rx.find(&line, 0, line.len, line.len)); } // As long a chain as mvzr compiles, over runs one `a` short of it: 2^20 // steps from every start. for (0..line.len / 20) |i| line[i * 20 + 19] = 'b'; var chain = try Regex.compile("a?" ** 20 ++ "a" ** 20); try std.testing.expectError(error.TooSlow, chain.find(&line, 0, line.len, line.len)); } test "the match is the leftmost, however long the line" { // A window cut into the identifier would find `x... =` from its middle. const text = "let " ++ "x" ** 100 ++ " = 1"; var assign = try Regex.compile("\\s*(\\w+)\\s*="); const m = (try assign.find(text, 0, text.len, text.len)).?; try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 3), m.start); try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 106), m.end); // Repeats are not counted or capped. var five = try Regex.compile("a*b*c*d*e*f"); const f = (try five.find("xxaabbf", 0, 7, 7)).?; try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 2), f.start); try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 7), f.end); } test "a \\x without two hex digits is refused, not handed to mvzr to panic on" { for ([_][]const u8{ "\\x", "a\\x1", "\\x1b[\\x", "[\\x]", "\\xg1" }) |pat| try std.testing.expectError(error.Bad, Regex.compile(pat)); var rx = try Regex.compile("\\x41"); try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), (try rx.find("xA", 0, 1, 2)).?.start); } test "a repeat inside a group gives back to what follows the group" { const Case = struct { pat: []const u8, text: []const u8, start: usize, end: usize }; for ([_]Case{ .{ .pat = "a+ab", .text = "aab", .start = 0, .end = 3 }, .{ .pat = "(a+)ab", .text = "aab", .start = 0, .end = 3 }, .{ .pat = "(a*)ab", .text = "aab", .start = 0, .end = 3 }, .{ .pat = "(.+)_area", .text = "the_total_area x", .start = 0, .end = 14 }, .{ .pat = "([a-z_]+)_area", .text = "the_total_area x", .start = 0, .end = 14 }, .{ .pat = "\\w+_area", .text = "the_total_area x", .start = 0, .end = 14 }, .{ .pat = "(\\w)+_area", .text = "the_total_area x", .start = 0, .end = 14 }, .{ .pat = "([a-z]+)_area", .text = "the_total_area x", .start = 4, .end = 14 }, .{ .pat = "x(ab|a)bc", .text = "xabc", .start = 0, .end = 4 }, }) |c| { var rx = try Regex.compile(c.pat); const m = (try rx.find(c.text, 0, c.text.len, c.text.len)) orelse { std.debug.print("no match for {s}\n", .{c.pat}); return error.NoMatch; }; try std.testing.expectEqual(c.start, m.start); try std.testing.expectEqual(c.end, m.end); } } test "`$` may end any alternative, not only the last" { const Case = struct { pat: []const u8, text: []const u8, start: usize, end: usize }; for ([_]Case{ .{ .pat = "h$|zz", .text = "xh", .start = 1, .end = 2 }, .{ .pat = "zz|h$", .text = "xh", .start = 1, .end = 2 }, .{ .pat = "h$|zz", .text = "hx zz", .start = 3, .end = 5 }, .{ .pat = "(h$|zz)", .text = "xh", .start = 1, .end = 2 }, }) |c| { var rx = try Regex.compile(c.pat); const m = (try rx.find(c.text, 0, c.text.len, c.text.len)).?; try std.testing.expectEqual(c.start, m.start); try std.testing.expectEqual(c.end, m.end); } var only = try Regex.compile("h$|zz"); try std.testing.expectEqual(null, try only.find("hx", 0, 2, 2)); }