[Boost-users] regex traits for glib::ustring

Subject: [Boost-users] regex traits for glib::ustring
From: Simon Wibberley (sw206_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-14 09:19:32

Hi there,

I'm attempting to build an application which requires multibyte  
character support, for which I'm using the Glib::ustring, and needs  
also to use regex.

 From what I understand you need to tell boost regex exactly how to  
iterate over your strings.

I've got as far as:

typedef boost::match_results<Glib::ustring::iterator,  
std::allocator<gunichar> > umatch;

typedef boost::reg_expression<Glib::ustring,  
boost::regex_traits<Glib::ustring> > uregex;

//making the

regex_match<ustring::iterator,  std::allocator<gunichar>, ustring,  
regex_traits<ustring> >(str.begin(), str.end(), m, re);

//where str is a ustring, re is a uregex and m is a umatch as defined  
above

However I get the feeling I'm completely missing a trick, ie that's  
it's a lot more complex than this...

I'm using boost 1.39 and glibmm 2.4.

Could anyone provide any guidance on this, whether it's even possible  
without writing a lot of code, or possible alternatives?

Many thanks,

Simon