Re: Regexp matching

[John Wiegley <jwiegley@gmail.com>]

>>>>> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> - We need to update/replace/rewrite our C-level regexp matching code.
> - Most likely, along the way we may be able to add
>   "compiled-regexp" objects.  Currently the regexp-compilation is done
>   transparently, with a cache to avoid obvious performance issues;
>   this works well in most cases, but offering access to compiled-regexps
>   could open up a few more options.
> - I'd love it if the new code could provide something like
>   `make-regexp-case-insensitive'; either applied to the string-regexp or
>   to the compiled-regexp, or maybe as an option to `regexp-compile'.

Agreed on all points.  Perhaps we could abuse text properties for this, by
allowing regexps that can be enriched with properties like :case-insensitive t.

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