Re: [Boost-users] [regex] Why pattern anchored at bufferend ($)alsomatch for (\x0c)FF, (\x0d)CR

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-21 04:55:14

Chandan Nilange wrote:
> I am restarting this old thread.
>
> My Question:
>
> How to modify Boost regex library, to match perl
> behavior, such that, I only get pattern matches
> after/before \n and ignore (\x0c)FF, (\x0d)CR
> for  $ & ^  anchored patterns ?

If you really feel changing this is the right thing to do, then a bit of 
trivial editing to the "is_separator" function in regex_traits_defaults.hpp 
would do the job.

HTH, John.