They're inextricably linked, not cross-referenced at all,
and not used anywhere else.
Now that they (realistically) exist to the reader, add a note
on how big nmatch can be; POSIX even says "The application develope
should note that there is probably no reason for using a value of
nmatch that is larger than preg−>re_nsub+1.".
Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
man3/regex.3 | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
man3type/regex_t.3type | 64 +------------------------------------
man3type/regmatch_t.3type | 2 +-
man3type/regoff_t.3type | 2 +-
4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man3/regex.3 b/man3/regex.3
index fa2669544..b95b3c3b0 100644
--- a/man3/regex.3
+++ b/man3/regex.3
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ regcomp, regexec, regerror, regfree \- POSIX regex functions
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
+.EX
.B #include <regex.h>
.PP
.BI "int regcomp(regex_t *restrict " preg ", const char *restrict " regex ,
@@ -29,7 +29,21 @@ Standard C library
.BI " char " errbuf "[restrict ." errbuf_size "], \
size_t " errbuf_size );
.BI "void regfree(regex_t *" preg );
-.fi
+.PP
+.B typedef struct {
+.BR " size_t re_nsub;" " /* Number of parenthesized subexpressions */"
+.B } regex_t;
+.PP
+.B typedef struct {
+.BR " regoff_t rm_so;" " /* Byte offset from start of string"
+ to start of substring */
+.BR " regoff_t rm_eo;" " /* Byte offset from start of string to"
+ the first character after the end of
+ substring */
+.B } regmatch_t;
+.PP
+.BR typedef " /* ... */ " regoff_t;
+.EE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.SS POSIX regex compiling
.BR regcomp ()
@@ -54,6 +68,21 @@ must always be supplied with the address of a
.BR regcomp ()-initialized
pattern buffer.
.PP
+After
+.BR regcomp ()
+succeeds,
+.I preg->re_nsub
+holds the number of subexpressions in
+.IR regex .
+Thus, a value of
+.I preg->re_nsub
++ 1
+passed as
+.I nmatch
+to
+.BR regexec ()
+is sufficient to capture all matches.
+.PP
.I cflags
is the
bitwise OR
@@ -192,22 +221,6 @@ must be at least
.IR N+1 .)
Any unused structure elements will contain the value \-1.
.PP
-The
-.I regmatch_t
-structure which is the type of
-.I pmatch
-is defined in
-.IR <regex.h> .
-.PP
-.in +4n
-.EX
-typedef struct {
- regoff_t rm_so;
- regoff_t rm_eo;
-} regmatch_t;
-.EE
-.in
-.PP
Each
.I rm_so
element that is not \-1 indicates the start offset of the next largest
@@ -216,6 +229,14 @@ The relative
.I rm_eo
element indicates the end offset of the match,
which is the offset of the first character after the matching text.
+.PP
+.I regoff_t
+is a signed integer type
+capable of storing the largest value that can be stored in either an
+.I ptrdiff_t
+type or a
+.I ssize_t
+type.
.SS POSIX error reporting
.BR regerror ()
is used to turn the error codes that can be returned by both
@@ -338,6 +359,15 @@ T} Thread safety MT-Safe
POSIX.1-2008.
.SH HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001.
+.PP
+Prior to POSIX.1-2008,
+.I regoff_t
+was required to be
+capable of storing the largest value that can be stored in either an
+.I off_t
+type or a
+.I ssize_t
+type.
.SH EXAMPLES
.EX
#include <stdint.h>
diff --git a/man3type/regex_t.3type b/man3type/regex_t.3type
index 176d2c7a6..c0daaf0ff 100644
--- a/man3type/regex_t.3type
+++ b/man3type/regex_t.3type
@@ -1,63 +1 @@
-.\" Copyright (c) 2020-2022 by Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx>
-.\" and Copyright (c) 2020 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
-.\"
-.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
-.\"
-.\"
-.TH regex_t 3type (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
-.SH NAME
-regex_t, regmatch_t, regoff_t
-\- regular expression matching
-.SH LIBRARY
-Standard C library
-.RI ( libc )
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.EX
-.B #include <regex.h>
-.PP
-.B typedef struct {
-.BR " size_t re_nsub;" " /* Number of parenthesized subexpressions */"
-.B } regex_t;
-.PP
-.B typedef struct {
-.BR " regoff_t rm_so;" " /* Byte offset from start of string"
- to start of substring */
-.BR " regoff_t rm_eo;" " /* Byte offset from start of string to"
- the first character after the end of
- substring */
-.B } regmatch_t;
-.PP
-.BR typedef " /* ... */ " regoff_t;
-.EE
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.TP
-.I regex_t
-This is a structure type used in regular expression matching.
-It holds a compiled regular expression,
-compiled with
-.BR regcomp (3).
-.TP
-.I regmatch_t
-This is a structure type used in regular expression matching.
-.TP
-.I regoff_t
-It is a signed integer type
-capable of storing the largest value that can be stored in either an
-.I ptrdiff_t
-type or a
-.I ssize_t
-type.
-.SH STANDARDS
-POSIX.1-2008.
-.SH HISTORY
-POSIX.1-2001.
-.PP
-Prior to POSIX.1-2008,
-the type was
-capable of storing the largest value that can be stored in either an
-.I off_t
-type or a
-.I ssize_t
-type.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR regex (3)
+.so man3/regex.3
diff --git a/man3type/regmatch_t.3type b/man3type/regmatch_t.3type
index dc78f2cf2..c0daaf0ff 100644
--- a/man3type/regmatch_t.3type
+++ b/man3type/regmatch_t.3type
@@ -1 +1 @@
-.so man3type/regex_t.3type
+.so man3/regex.3
diff --git a/man3type/regoff_t.3type b/man3type/regoff_t.3type
index dc78f2cf2..c0daaf0ff 100644
--- a/man3type/regoff_t.3type
+++ b/man3type/regoff_t.3type
@@ -1 +1 @@
-.so man3type/regex_t.3type
+.so man3/regex.3
--
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