From fe529e1767c3dde81d572c250d80aa54fed99075 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Verhasselt <david@crowdway.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 15:35:24 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add Hexpress#to_regexp which is the standard method

---
 lib/hexpress.rb           |  3 ++-
 spec/lib/hexpress_spec.rb | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/hexpress.rb b/lib/hexpress.rb
index 246822a..75a21c7 100644
--- a/lib/hexpress.rb
+++ b/lib/hexpress.rb
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ def line
   end
 
   # This method returns the regular hexpression form of this object.
-  def to_r
+  def to_regexp
     Regexp.new(to_s)
   end
+  alias_method :to_r, :to_regexp
 
   # This method returns the string version of the regexp.
   def to_s
diff --git a/spec/lib/hexpress_spec.rb b/spec/lib/hexpress_spec.rb
index eff3efb..5fe95c8 100644
--- a/spec/lib/hexpress_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/hexpress_spec.rb
@@ -86,4 +86,14 @@
       expect(pattern4.to_r).to eq(/foobarbang/)
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#to_regexp" do
+    it "should return a Regexp object" do
+      Hexpress.new.to_regexp.should be_a(Regexp)
+    end
+
+    it "should work for Regexp#try_convert" do
+      Regexp.try_convert(Hexpress.new).should_not be_nil
+    end
+  end
 end

From d24e016888a45d8d39463b13336a39030608e1a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Verhasselt <david@crowdway.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 15:49:29 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Delegate common Regexp functions to #to_regexp

---
 lib/hexpress.rb           |  3 +++
 spec/lib/hexpress_spec.rb | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/hexpress.rb b/lib/hexpress.rb
index 75a21c7..0228b42 100644
--- a/lib/hexpress.rb
+++ b/lib/hexpress.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 class Hexpress
+  extend Forwardable
+  def_delegators :to_regexp, :=~, :===, :match
+
   CHARACTERS = [:word, :digit, :space]
   attr_reader :expressions
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/hexpress_spec.rb b/spec/lib/hexpress_spec.rb
index 5fe95c8..58ca319 100644
--- a/spec/lib/hexpress_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/hexpress_spec.rb
@@ -91,9 +91,27 @@
     it "should return a Regexp object" do
       Hexpress.new.to_regexp.should be_a(Regexp)
     end
+  end
 
+  describe "acts as a Regexp" do
     it "should work for Regexp#try_convert" do
       Regexp.try_convert(Hexpress.new).should_not be_nil
     end
+
+    it "should be able to match" do
+      Hexpress.new.with("foo").match("foo").should_not be_nil
+    end
+
+    it "should match using #=~" do
+      (Hexpress.new.with("foo") =~ "foo").should eq(0)
+    end
+
+    it "should match using ===" do
+      (Hexpress.new.with("foo") === "foo").should be_true
+    end
+
+    it "should be able to be matched by strings using =~" do
+      ("foo" =~ Hexpress.new.with("foo")).should be_true
+    end
   end
 end