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Regexp::Melody linux

Melody is a language that compiles to regular expressions, while aiming to be more readable and maintainable

SYNOPSIS

use Test2::V0;
use Regexp::Melody;

my $re = Regexp::Melody->new( <<'MELODY' );
16 of "na";

2 of match {
  <space>;
  "batman";
}
MELODY

like( "nananananananananananananananana batman", $re );

done_testing;

DESCRIPTION

Melody is a more verbose way of writing regular expressions.

Melody syntax is described at https://yoav-lavi.github.io/melody/book/.

This module is a wrapper around the Rust implementation of Melody, and provides a functional interface identical to the Rust library, as well as an object-oriented interface which may be more convenient for use in Perl.

FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE

No functions are exported by default, but they may be requested:

use Regexp::Melody qw( compiler );

Functions

compiler( $melody )

Compiles the string of Melody into a PCRE-like string.

OBJECT-ORIENTED INTERFACE

Constructor

new( $melody )

Compiles a string of Melody into a regular expression.

The returned object is a blessed Perl object, but may be used on the right hand side of the `=~` operator like a regexp.

(It's actually a blessed regexp ref, but that detail may change in future versions of this module.)

Methods

to_melody()

Turns the regexp back into a string of Melody.

BUGS

Please report any bugs to https://github.com/tobyink/p5-regexp-melody/issues.

SEE ALSO

https://crates.io/crates/melody_compiler.

https://yoav-lavi.github.io/melody/book/.

AUTHOR

Author: Toby Inkster

Contributors:

Yoav Lavi (Rust library)

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2023 by Toby Inkster.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

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