Re: [Boost-users] regex_search on non-NULL terminated strings.

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-19 04:20:03

Anders Dalvander wrote:
>> The ideal interface would be:
>> 1) terminate when NULL character is found
>> 2) if NULL character not found, terminate when end marker is reached.
> 
> char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
> char* buffer_begin = buffer;
> char* buffer_end = buffer + BUFFER_SIZE;
> // TODO fill buffer with string.
> char* string_begin = buffer;
> char* string_end = std::find(buffer_begin, buffer_end, 0);
> // TODO call regex with string_begin and string_end.

Doh!  Consider me suitably chastened that I didn't think of that ! :-)

John.