48179 - [RFE] nsIRegExp

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 106590

(Core :: XPCOM, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

I would have good uses for regexps in several places in C++ code. I don't know
of any way to execute them from C++ other than by creating an XPCOM interface
for it and anyhow leveraging the JS regexp implementation. (If there are other
way, e.g. via NSPR or the C-lib, please tell me.)

My plan is to write an XPCOM wrapper around the Spidermonkey implementation of
regexps by accessing the C routines directly.

shaver suggested to write an JS module, but
- I don't know how to do that (and am not too eager to learn it out)
- it seems like an unnecessary indirection.

Comment 1

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

I don't know, where this wrapper should live. Please make suggestions.

Comment 2

[leger]

Updating QA Contact - ben...if this gets fixed you'll need to verify please.  
today is my last day at Netscape.

Comment 3

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Changing personal priorities. Giving away most of my bugs :-( (reassigning to
default owner).

I will still track these bugs closely. If you need my input, feel free to ask me.

New owner: Please do *not* close these bugs (as WONTFIX or whatever you may
find) unless they are fixed. Rather, reassign to <[e-mail]>, if you
don't want to work on them.

Comment 4

[Scott Collins]

This is an RFE.  I don't know who should work on this.  Ben, if you feel
strongly about this, find an advocate who can devote time to it and assign it to
them.  Following your request and re-assigning to "[e-mail]".

Comment 5

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

> Ben, if you feel strongly about this

I don't.

Comment 6

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 106590 ***

Comment 7

[Brant Gurganus]

[RFE] is deprecated in favor of severity: enhancement.  They have the same meaning.