regex-posix

POSIX Backend for "Text.Regex" (regex-base)

Version on this page:	0.96.0.0@rev:2
LTS Haskell 24.24:	0.96.0.2
Stackage Nightly 2025-12-20:	0.96.0.2
Latest on Hackage:	0.96.0.2

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BSD-3-Clause licensed by Christopher Kuklewicz

Maintained by [email protected]

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Module documentation for 0.96.0.0

Text
- Text.Regex
  - Text.Regex.Posix

Depends on 5 packages(full list with versions):

array, base, bytestring, containers, regex-base

Used by 8 packages in nightly-2021-07-19(full list with versions):

curl-runnings, dl-fedora, jmacro, regex-compat, snap-core, test-framework, xml-to-json, ztail

The POSIX regex backend for regex-base.

The main appeal of this backend is that it's very lightweight due to its reliance on the ubiquitous POSIX.2 regex facility that is provided by the standard C library on most POSIX platforms.

See also https://wiki.haskell.org/Regular_expressions for more information.

Changes

0.96.0.0

Update to regex-base-0.94.0.0 API
Compatibility with base-4.13.0
Remove internal regex C implementation