regex 0.1.71

An implementation of regular expressions for Rust. This implementation uses finite automata and guarantees linear time matching on all inputs.
Documentation
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use std::cell::RefCell;
use std::collections::HashMap;
use std::cmp;
use std::sync::Arc;

use thread_local::CachedThreadLocal;
use syntax::{Expr, ExprBuilder, Literals};

use backtrack;
use compile::Compiler;
use dfa;
use error::Error;
use input::{ByteInput, CharInput};
use literals::LiteralSearcher;
use pikevm;
use prog::Program;
use re_builder::RegexOptions;
use re_bytes;
use re_set;
use re_trait::{RegularExpression, Slot};
use re_unicode;
use utf8::next_utf8;

/// Exec manages the execution of a regular expression.
///
/// In particular, this manages the various compiled forms of a single regular
/// expression and the choice of which matching engine to use to execute a
/// regular expression.
pub struct Exec {
    /// All read only state.
    ro: Arc<ExecReadOnly>,
    /// Caches for the various matching engines.
    cache: CachedThreadLocal<ProgramCache>,
}

/// ExecNoSync is like Exec, except it embeds a reference to a cache. This
/// means it is no longer Sync, but we can now avoid the overhead of
/// synchronization to fetch the cache.
#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct ExecNoSync<'c> {
    /// All read only state.
    ro: &'c Arc<ExecReadOnly>,
    /// Caches for the various matching engines.
    cache: &'c ProgramCache,
}

/// ExecNoSyncStr is like ExecNoSync, but matches on &str instead of &[u8].
pub struct ExecNoSyncStr<'c>(ExecNoSync<'c>);

/// ExecReadOnly comprises all read only state for a regex. Namely, all such
/// state is determined at compile time and never changes during search.
#[derive(Debug)]
struct ExecReadOnly {
    /// The original regular expressions given by the caller to compile.
    res: Vec<String>,
    /// A compiled program that is used in the NFA simulation and backtracking.
    /// It can be byte-based or Unicode codepoint based.
    ///
    /// N.B. It is not possibly to make this byte-based from the public API.
    /// It is only used for testing byte based programs in the NFA simulations.
    nfa: Program,
    /// A compiled byte based program for DFA execution. This is only used
    /// if a DFA can be executed. (Currently, only word boundary assertions are
    /// not supported.) Note that this program contains an embedded `.*?`
    /// preceding the first capture group, unless the regex is anchored at the
    /// beginning.
    dfa: Program,
    /// The same as above, except the program is reversed (and there is no
    /// preceding `.*?`). This is used by the DFA to find the starting location
    /// of matches.
    dfa_reverse: Program,
    /// A set of suffix literals extracted from the regex.
    ///
    /// Prefix literals are stored on the `Program`, since they are used inside
    /// the matching engines.
    suffixes: LiteralSearcher,
    /// match_type encodes as much upfront knowledge about how we're going to
    /// execute a search as possible.
    match_type: MatchType,
}

/// Facilitates the construction of an executor by exposing various knobs
/// to control how a regex is executed and what kinds of resources it's
/// permitted to use.
pub struct ExecBuilder {
    options: RegexOptions,
    match_type: Option<MatchType>,
    bytes: bool,
    only_utf8: bool,
}

/// Parsed represents a set of parsed regular expressions and their detected
/// literals.
struct Parsed {
    exprs: Vec<Expr>,
    prefixes: Literals,
    suffixes: Literals,
    bytes: bool,
}

impl ExecBuilder {
    /// Create a regex execution builder.
    ///
    /// This uses default settings for everything except the regex itself,
    /// which must be provided. Further knobs can be set by calling methods,
    /// and then finally, `build` to actually create the executor.
    pub fn new(re: &str) -> Self {
        Self::new_many(&[re])
    }

    /// Like new, but compiles the union of the given regular expressions.
    ///
    /// Note that when compiling 2 or more regular expressions, capture groups
    /// are completely unsupported. (This means both `find` and `captures`
    /// wont work.)
    pub fn new_many<I, S>(res: I) -> Self
            where S: AsRef<str>, I: IntoIterator<Item=S> {
        let mut opts = RegexOptions::default();
        opts.pats = res.into_iter().map(|s| s.as_ref().to_owned()).collect();
        Self::new_options(opts)
    }

    /// Create a regex execution builder.
    pub fn new_options(opts: RegexOptions) -> Self {
        ExecBuilder {
            options: opts,
            match_type: None,
            bytes: false,
            only_utf8: true,
        }
    }

    /// Set the matching engine to be automatically determined.
    ///
    /// This is the default state and will apply whatever optimizations are
    /// possible, such as running a DFA.
    ///
    /// This overrides whatever was previously set via the `nfa` or
    /// `bounded_backtracking` methods.
    pub fn automatic(mut self) -> Self {
        self.match_type = None;
        self
    }

    /// Sets the matching engine to use the NFA algorithm no matter what
    /// optimizations are possible.
    ///
    /// This overrides whatever was previously set via the `automatic` or
    /// `bounded_backtracking` methods.
    pub fn nfa(mut self) -> Self {
        self.match_type = Some(MatchType::Nfa(MatchNfaType::PikeVM));
        self
    }

    /// Sets the matching engine to use a bounded backtracking engine no
    /// matter what optimizations are possible.
    ///
    /// One must use this with care, since the bounded backtracking engine
    /// uses memory proportion to `len(regex) * len(text)`.
    ///
    /// This overrides whatever was previously set via the `automatic` or
    /// `nfa` methods.
    pub fn bounded_backtracking(mut self) -> Self {
        self.match_type = Some(MatchType::Nfa(MatchNfaType::Backtrack));
        self
    }

    /// Compiles byte based programs for use with the NFA matching engines.
    ///
    /// By default, the NFA engines match on Unicode scalar values. They can
    /// be made to use byte based programs instead. In general, the byte based
    /// programs are slower because of a less efficient encoding of character
    /// classes.
    ///
    /// Note that this does not impact DFA matching engines, which always
    /// execute on bytes.
    pub fn bytes(mut self, yes: bool) -> Self {
        self.bytes = yes;
        self
    }

    /// When disabled, the program compiled may match arbitrary bytes.
    ///
    /// When enabled (the default), all compiled programs exclusively match
    /// valid UTF-8 bytes.
    pub fn only_utf8(mut self, yes: bool) -> Self {
        self.only_utf8 = yes;
        self
    }

    /// Set the Unicode flag.
    pub fn unicode(mut self, yes: bool) -> Self {
        self.options.unicode = yes;
        self
    }

    /// Parse the current set of patterns into their AST and extract literals.
    fn parse(&self) -> Result<Parsed, Error> {
        let mut exprs = Vec::with_capacity(self.options.pats.len());
        let mut prefixes = Some(Literals::empty());
        let mut suffixes = Some(Literals::empty());
        let mut bytes = false;
        for pat in &self.options.pats {
            let parser =
                ExprBuilder::new()
                    .case_insensitive(self.options.case_insensitive)
                    .multi_line(self.options.multi_line)
                    .dot_matches_new_line(self.options.dot_matches_new_line)
                    .swap_greed(self.options.swap_greed)
                    .ignore_whitespace(self.options.ignore_whitespace)
                    .unicode(self.options.unicode)
                    .allow_bytes(!self.only_utf8);
            let expr = try!(parser.parse(pat));
            bytes = bytes || expr.has_bytes();
            prefixes = prefixes.and_then(|mut prefixes| {
                if !prefixes.union_prefixes(&expr) {
                    None
                } else {
                    Some(prefixes)
                }
            });
            suffixes = suffixes.and_then(|mut suffixes| {
                if !suffixes.union_suffixes(&expr) {
                    None
                } else {
                    Some(suffixes)
                }
            });
            exprs.push(expr);
        }
        Ok(Parsed {
            exprs: exprs,
            prefixes: prefixes.unwrap_or(Literals::empty()),
            suffixes: suffixes.unwrap_or(Literals::empty()),
            bytes: bytes,
        })
    }

    /// Build an executor that can run a regular expression.
    pub fn build(self) -> Result<Exec, Error> {
        // Special case when we have no patterns to compile.
        // This can happen when compiling a regex set.
        if self.options.pats.is_empty() {
            let ro = Arc::new(ExecReadOnly {
                res: vec![],
                nfa: Program::new(),
                dfa: Program::new(),
                dfa_reverse: Program::new(),
                suffixes: LiteralSearcher::empty(),
                match_type: MatchType::Nothing,
            });
            return Ok(Exec { ro: ro, cache: CachedThreadLocal::new() });
        }
        let parsed = try!(self.parse());
        let mut nfa = try!(
            Compiler::new()
                     .size_limit(self.options.size_limit)
                     .bytes(self.bytes || parsed.bytes)
                     .only_utf8(self.only_utf8)
                     .compile(&parsed.exprs));
        let mut dfa = try!(
            Compiler::new()
                     .size_limit(self.options.size_limit)
                     .dfa(true)
                     .only_utf8(self.only_utf8)
                     .compile(&parsed.exprs));
        let mut dfa_reverse = try!(
            Compiler::new()
                     .size_limit(self.options.size_limit)
                     .dfa(true)
                     .only_utf8(self.only_utf8)
                     .reverse(true)
                     .compile(&parsed.exprs));

        let prefixes = parsed.prefixes.unambiguous_prefixes();
        let suffixes = parsed.suffixes.unambiguous_suffixes();
        nfa.prefixes = LiteralSearcher::prefixes(prefixes);
        dfa.prefixes = nfa.prefixes.clone();
        dfa.dfa_size_limit = self.options.dfa_size_limit;
        dfa_reverse.dfa_size_limit = self.options.dfa_size_limit;

        let mut ro = ExecReadOnly {
            res: self.options.pats,
            nfa: nfa,
            dfa: dfa,
            dfa_reverse: dfa_reverse,
            suffixes: LiteralSearcher::suffixes(suffixes),
            match_type: MatchType::Nothing,
        };
        ro.match_type = ro.choose_match_type(self.match_type);
        // println!("MATCH TYPE for '{:?}': {:?}", ro.res, ro.match_type);

        let ro = Arc::new(ro);
        Ok(Exec { ro: ro, cache: CachedThreadLocal::new() })
    }
}

impl<'c> RegularExpression for ExecNoSyncStr<'c> {
    type Text = str;

    fn slots_len(&self) -> usize { self.0.slots_len() }

    fn next_after_empty(&self, text: &str, i: usize) -> usize {
        next_utf8(text.as_bytes(), i)
    }

    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn shortest_match_at(&self, text: &str, start: usize) -> Option<usize> {
        self.0.shortest_match_at(text.as_bytes(), start)
    }

    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn is_match_at(&self, text: &str, start: usize) -> bool {
        self.0.is_match_at(text.as_bytes(), start)
    }

    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn find_at(&self, text: &str, start: usize) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
        self.0.find_at(text.as_bytes(), start)
    }

    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn read_captures_at(
        &self,
        slots: &mut [Slot],
        text: &str,
        start: usize,
    ) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
        self.0.read_captures_at(slots, text.as_bytes(), start)
    }
}

impl<'c> RegularExpression for ExecNoSync<'c> {
    type Text = [u8];

    /// Returns the number of capture slots in the regular expression. (There
    /// are two slots for every capture group, corresponding to possibly empty
    /// start and end locations of the capture.)
    fn slots_len(&self) -> usize {
        self.ro.nfa.captures.len() * 2
    }

    fn next_after_empty(&self, _text: &[u8], i: usize) -> usize {
        i + 1
    }

    /// Returns the end of a match location, possibly occurring before the
    /// end location of the correct leftmost-first match.
    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn shortest_match_at(&self, text: &[u8], start: usize) -> Option<usize> {
        if !self.is_anchor_end_match(text) {
            return None;
        }
        match self.ro.match_type {
            MatchType::Literal(ty) => {
                self.find_literals(ty, text, start).map(|(_, e)| e)
            }
            MatchType::Dfa | MatchType::DfaMany => {
                match self.shortest_dfa(text, start) {
                    dfa::Result::Match(end) => Some(end),
                    dfa::Result::NoMatch(_) => None,
                    dfa::Result::Quit => self.shortest_nfa(text, start),
                }
            }
            MatchType::DfaAnchoredReverse => {
                match dfa::Fsm::reverse(
                    &self.ro.dfa_reverse,
                    &self.cache,
                    true,
                    &text[start..],
                    text.len(),
                ) {
                    dfa::Result::Match(_) => Some(text.len()),
                    dfa::Result::NoMatch(_) => None,
                    dfa::Result::Quit => self.shortest_nfa(text, start),
                }
            }
            MatchType::DfaSuffix => {
                match self.shortest_dfa_reverse_suffix(text, start) {
                    dfa::Result::Match(e) => Some(e),
                    dfa::Result::NoMatch(_) => None,
                    dfa::Result::Quit => self.shortest_nfa(text, start),
                }
            }
            MatchType::Nfa(ty) => self.shortest_nfa_type(ty, text, start),
            MatchType::Nothing => None,
        }
    }

    /// Returns true if and only if the regex matches text.
    ///
    /// For single regular expressions, this is equivalent to calling
    /// shortest_match(...).is_some().
    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn is_match_at(&self, text: &[u8], start: usize) -> bool {
        if !self.is_anchor_end_match(text) {
            return false;
        }
        // We need to do this dance because shortest_match relies on the NFA
        // filling in captures[1], but a RegexSet has no captures. In other
        // words, a RegexSet can't (currently) use shortest_match. ---AG
        match self.ro.match_type {
            MatchType::Literal(ty) => {
                self.find_literals(ty, text, start).is_some()
            }
            MatchType::Dfa | MatchType::DfaMany => {
                match self.shortest_dfa(text, start) {
                    dfa::Result::Match(_) => true,
                    dfa::Result::NoMatch(_) => false,
                    dfa::Result::Quit => self.match_nfa(text, start),
                }
            }
            MatchType::DfaAnchoredReverse => {
                match dfa::Fsm::reverse(
                    &self.ro.dfa_reverse,
                    &self.cache,
                    true,
                    &text[start..],
                    text.len(),
                ) {
                    dfa::Result::Match(_) => true,
                    dfa::Result::NoMatch(_) => false,
                    dfa::Result::Quit => self.match_nfa(text, start),
                }
            }
            MatchType::DfaSuffix => {
                match self.shortest_dfa_reverse_suffix(text, start) {
                    dfa::Result::Match(_) => true,
                    dfa::Result::NoMatch(_) => false,
                    dfa::Result::Quit => self.match_nfa(text, start),
                }
            }
            MatchType::Nfa(ty) => self.match_nfa_type(ty, text, start),
            MatchType::Nothing => false,
        }
    }

    /// Finds the start and end location of the leftmost-first match, starting
    /// at the given location.
    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn find_at(&self, text: &[u8], start: usize) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
        if !self.is_anchor_end_match(text) {
            return None;
        }
        match self.ro.match_type {
            MatchType::Literal(ty) => {
                self.find_literals(ty, text, start)
            }
            MatchType::Dfa => {
                match self.find_dfa_forward(text, start) {
                    dfa::Result::Match((s, e)) => Some((s, e)),
                    dfa::Result::NoMatch(_) => None,
                    dfa::Result::Quit => {
                        self.find_nfa(MatchNfaType::Auto, text, start)
                    }
                }
            }
            MatchType::DfaAnchoredReverse => {
                match self.find_dfa_anchored_reverse(text, start) {
                    dfa::Result::Match((s, e)) => Some((s, e)),
                    dfa::Result::NoMatch(_) => None,
                    dfa::Result::Quit => {
                        self.find_nfa(MatchNfaType::Auto, text, start)
                    }
                }
            }
            MatchType::DfaSuffix => {
                match self.find_dfa_reverse_suffix(text, start) {
                    dfa::Result::Match((s, e)) => Some((s, e)),
                    dfa::Result::NoMatch(_) => None,
                    dfa::Result::Quit => {
                        self.find_nfa(MatchNfaType::Auto, text, start)
                    }
                }
            }
            MatchType::Nfa(ty) => self.find_nfa(ty, text, start),
            MatchType::Nothing => None,
            MatchType::DfaMany => {
                unreachable!("BUG: RegexSet cannot be used with find")
            }
        }
    }

    /// Finds the start and end location of the leftmost-first match and also
    /// fills in all matching capture groups.
    ///
    /// The number of capture slots given should be equal to the total number
    /// of capture slots in the compiled program.
    ///
    /// Note that the first two slots always correspond to the start and end
    /// locations of the overall match.
    fn read_captures_at(
        &self,
        slots: &mut [Slot],
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
        for slot in slots.iter_mut() {
            *slot = None;
        }
        // If the caller unnecessarily uses this, then we try to save them
        // from themselves.
        match slots.len() {
            0 => return self.find_at(text, start),
            2 => {
                return self.find_at(text, start).map(|(s, e)| {
                    slots[0] = Some(s);
                    slots[1] = Some(e);
                    (s, e)
                });
            }
            _ => {} // fallthrough
        }
        if !self.is_anchor_end_match(text) {
            return None;
        }
        match self.ro.match_type {
            MatchType::Literal(ty) => {
                self.find_literals(ty, text, start).and_then(|(s, e)| {
                    self.captures_nfa_with_match(slots, text, s, e)
                })
            }
            MatchType::Dfa => {
                match self.find_dfa_forward(text, start) {
                    dfa::Result::Match((s, e)) => {
                        self.captures_nfa_with_match(slots, text, s, e)
                    }
                    dfa::Result::NoMatch(_) => None,
                    dfa::Result::Quit => self.captures_nfa(slots, text, start),
                }
            }
            MatchType::DfaAnchoredReverse => {
                match self.find_dfa_anchored_reverse(text, start) {
                    dfa::Result::Match((s, e)) => {
                        self.captures_nfa_with_match(slots, text, s, e)
                    }
                    dfa::Result::NoMatch(_) => None,
                    dfa::Result::Quit => self.captures_nfa(slots, text, start),
                }
            }
            MatchType::DfaSuffix => {
                match self.find_dfa_reverse_suffix(text, start) {
                    dfa::Result::Match((s, e)) => {
                        self.captures_nfa_with_match(slots, text, s, e)
                    }
                    dfa::Result::NoMatch(_) => None,
                    dfa::Result::Quit => self.captures_nfa(slots, text, start),
                }
            }
            MatchType::Nfa(ty) => {
                self.captures_nfa_type(ty, slots, text, start)
            }
            MatchType::Nothing => None,
            MatchType::DfaMany => {
                unreachable!("BUG: RegexSet cannot be used with captures")
            }
        }
    }
}

impl<'c> ExecNoSync<'c> {
    /// Finds the leftmost-first match using only literal search.
    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn find_literals(
        &self,
        ty: MatchLiteralType,
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
        use self::MatchLiteralType::*;
        match ty {
            Unanchored => {
                let lits = &self.ro.nfa.prefixes;
                lits.find(&text[start..])
                    .map(|(s, e)| (start + s, start + e))
            }
            AnchoredStart => {
                let lits = &self.ro.nfa.prefixes;
                lits.find_start(&text[start..])
                    .map(|(s, e)| (start + s, start + e))
            }
            AnchoredEnd => self.ro.suffixes.find_end(&text),
        }
    }

    /// Finds the leftmost-first match (start and end) using only the DFA.
    ///
    /// If the result returned indicates that the DFA quit, then another
    /// matching engine should be used.
    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn find_dfa_forward(
        &self,
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> dfa::Result<(usize, usize)> {
        use dfa::Result::*;
        let end = match dfa::Fsm::forward(
            &self.ro.dfa,
            &self.cache,
            false,
            text,
            start,
        ) {
            NoMatch(i) => return NoMatch(i),
            Quit => return Quit,
            Match(end) if start == end => return Match((start, start)),
            Match(end) => end,
        };
        // Now run the DFA in reverse to find the start of the match.
        match dfa::Fsm::reverse(
            &self.ro.dfa_reverse,
            &self.cache,
            false,
            &text[start..],
            end - start,
        ) {
            Match(s) => Match((start + s, end)),
            NoMatch(i) => NoMatch(i),
            Quit => Quit,
        }
    }

    /// Finds the leftmost-first match (start and end) using only the DFA,
    /// but assumes the regex is anchored at the end and therefore starts at
    /// the end of the regex and matches in reverse.
    ///
    /// If the result returned indicates that the DFA quit, then another
    /// matching engine should be used.
    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn find_dfa_anchored_reverse(
        &self,
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> dfa::Result<(usize, usize)> {
        use dfa::Result::*;
        match dfa::Fsm::reverse(
            &self.ro.dfa_reverse,
            &self.cache,
            false,
            &text[start..],
            text.len() - start,
        ) {
            Match(s) => Match((start + s, text.len())),
            NoMatch(i) => NoMatch(i),
            Quit => Quit,
        }
    }

    /// Finds the end of the shortest match using only the DFA.
    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn shortest_dfa(&self, text: &[u8], start: usize) -> dfa::Result<usize> {
        dfa::Fsm::forward(&self.ro.dfa, &self.cache, true, text, start)
    }

    /// Finds the end of the shortest match using only the DFA by scanning for
    /// suffix literals.
    ///
    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn shortest_dfa_reverse_suffix(
        &self,
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> dfa::Result<usize> {
        match self.exec_dfa_reverse_suffix(text, start) {
            None => self.shortest_dfa(text, start),
            Some(r) => r.map(|(_, end)| end),
        }
    }

    /// Finds the end of the shortest match using only the DFA by scanning for
    /// suffix literals. It also reports the start of the match.
    ///
    /// Note that if None is returned, then the optimization gave up to avoid
    /// worst case quadratic behavior. A forward scanning DFA should be tried
    /// next.
    ///
    /// If a match is returned and the full leftmost-first match is desired,
    /// then a forward scan starting from the beginning of the match must be
    /// done.
    ///
    /// If the result returned indicates that the DFA quit, then another
    /// matching engine should be used.
    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn exec_dfa_reverse_suffix(
        &self,
        text: &[u8],
        original_start: usize,
    ) -> Option<dfa::Result<(usize, usize)>> {
        use dfa::Result::*;

        let lcs = self.ro.suffixes.lcs();
        debug_assert!(lcs.len() >= 1);
        let mut start = original_start;
        let mut end = start;
        while end <= text.len() {
            start = end;
            end = end + match lcs.find(&text[end..]) {
                None => return Some(NoMatch(text.len())),
                Some(start) => start + lcs.len(),
            };
            match dfa::Fsm::reverse(
                &self.ro.dfa_reverse,
                &self.cache,
                false,
                &text[start..end],
                end - start,
            ) {
                Match(0) | NoMatch(0) => return None,
                Match(s) => return Some(Match((s + start, end))),
                NoMatch(_) => continue,
                Quit => return Some(Quit),
            };
        }
        Some(NoMatch(text.len()))
    }

    /// Finds the leftmost-first match (start and end) using only the DFA
    /// by scanning for suffix literals.
    ///
    /// If the result returned indicates that the DFA quit, then another
    /// matching engine should be used.
    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn find_dfa_reverse_suffix(
        &self,
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> dfa::Result<(usize, usize)> {
        use dfa::Result::*;

        let match_start = match self.exec_dfa_reverse_suffix(text, start) {
            None => return self.find_dfa_forward(text, start),
            Some(Match((start, _))) => start,
            Some(r) => return r,
        };
        // At this point, we've found a match. The only way to quit now
        // without a match is if the DFA gives up (seems unlikely).
        //
        // Now run the DFA forwards to find the proper end of the match.
        // (The suffix literal match can only indicate the earliest
        // possible end location, which may appear before the end of the
        // leftmost-first match.)
        match dfa::Fsm::forward(
            &self.ro.dfa,
            &self.cache,
            false,
            text,
            match_start,
        ) {
            NoMatch(_) => panic!("BUG: reverse match implies forward match"),
            Quit => Quit,
            Match(e) => Match((match_start, e)),
        }
    }

    /// Executes the NFA engine to return whether there is a match or not.
    ///
    /// Ideally, we could use shortest_nfa(...).is_some() and get the same
    /// performance characteristics, but regex sets don't have captures, which
    /// shortest_nfa depends on.
    fn match_nfa(
        &self,
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> bool {
        self.match_nfa_type(MatchNfaType::Auto, text, start)
    }

    /// Like match_nfa, but allows specification of the type of NFA engine.
    fn match_nfa_type(
        &self,
        ty: MatchNfaType,
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> bool {
        self.exec_nfa(ty, &mut [false], &mut [], true, text, start)
    }

    /// Finds the shortest match using an NFA.
    fn shortest_nfa(&self, text: &[u8], start: usize) -> Option<usize> {
        self.shortest_nfa_type(MatchNfaType::Auto, text, start)
    }

    /// Like shortest_nfa, but allows specification of the type of NFA engine.
    fn shortest_nfa_type(
        &self,
        ty: MatchNfaType,
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> Option<usize> {
        let mut slots = [None, None];
        if self.exec_nfa(ty, &mut [false], &mut slots, true, text, start) {
            slots[1]
        } else {
            None
        }
    }

    /// Like find, but executes an NFA engine.
    fn find_nfa(
        &self,
        ty: MatchNfaType,
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
        let mut slots = [None, None];
        if self.exec_nfa(ty, &mut [false], &mut slots, false, text, start) {
            match (slots[0], slots[1]) {
                (Some(s), Some(e)) => Some((s, e)),
                _ => None,
            }
        } else {
            None
        }
    }

    /// Like find_nfa, but fills in captures and restricts the search space
    /// using previously found match information.
    ///
    /// `slots` should have length equal to `2 * nfa.captures.len()`.
    fn captures_nfa_with_match(
        &self,
        slots: &mut [Slot],
        text: &[u8],
        match_start: usize,
        match_end: usize,
    ) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
        // We can't use match_end directly, because we may need to examine
        // one "character" after the end of a match for lookahead operators.
        let e = if self.ro.nfa.uses_bytes() {
            cmp::min(match_end + 1, text.len())
        } else {
            cmp::min(next_utf8(text, match_end), text.len())
        };
        self.captures_nfa(slots, &text[..e], match_start)
    }

    /// Like find_nfa, but fills in captures.
    ///
    /// `slots` should have length equal to `2 * nfa.captures.len()`.
    fn captures_nfa(
        &self,
        slots: &mut [Slot],
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
        self.captures_nfa_type(MatchNfaType::Auto, slots, text, start)
    }

    /// Like captures_nfa, but allows specification of type of NFA engine.
    fn captures_nfa_type(
        &self,
        ty: MatchNfaType,
        slots: &mut [Slot],
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
        if self.exec_nfa(ty, &mut [false], slots, false, text, start) {
            match (slots[0], slots[1]) {
                (Some(s), Some(e)) => Some((s, e)),
                _ => None,
            }
        } else {
            None
        }
    }

    fn exec_nfa(
        &self,
        mut ty: MatchNfaType,
        matches: &mut [bool],
        slots: &mut [Slot],
        quit_after_match: bool,
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> bool {
        use self::MatchNfaType::*;
        if let Auto = ty {
            if backtrack::should_exec(self.ro.nfa.len(), text.len()) {
                ty = Backtrack;
            } else {
                ty = PikeVM;
            }
        }
        match ty {
            Auto => unreachable!(),
            Backtrack => self.exec_backtrack(matches, slots, text, start),
            PikeVM => {
                self.exec_pikevm(
                    matches, slots, quit_after_match, text, start)
            }
        }
    }

    /// Always run the NFA algorithm.
    fn exec_pikevm(
        &self,
        matches: &mut [bool],
        slots: &mut [Slot],
        quit_after_match: bool,
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> bool {
        if self.ro.nfa.uses_bytes() {
            pikevm::Fsm::exec(
                &self.ro.nfa,
                &self.cache,
                matches,
                slots,
                quit_after_match,
                ByteInput::new(text),
                start)
        } else {
            pikevm::Fsm::exec(
                &self.ro.nfa,
                &self.cache,
                matches,
                slots,
                quit_after_match,
                CharInput::new(text),
                start)
        }
    }

    /// Always runs the NFA using bounded backtracking.
    fn exec_backtrack(
        &self,
        matches: &mut [bool],
        slots: &mut [Slot],
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> bool {
        if self.ro.nfa.uses_bytes() {
            backtrack::Bounded::exec(
                &self.ro.nfa,
                &self.cache,
                matches,
                slots,
                ByteInput::new(text),
                start)
        } else {
            backtrack::Bounded::exec(
                &self.ro.nfa,
                &self.cache,
                matches,
                slots,
                CharInput::new(text),
                start)
        }
    }

    /// Finds which regular expressions match the given text.
    ///
    /// `matches` should have length equal to the number of regexes being
    /// searched.
    ///
    /// This is only useful when one wants to know which regexes in a set
    /// match some text.
    pub fn many_matches_at(
        &self,
        matches: &mut [bool],
        text: &[u8],
        start: usize,
    ) -> bool {
        use self::MatchType::*;
        if !self.is_anchor_end_match(text) {
            return false;
        }
        match self.ro.match_type {
            Literal(ty) => {
                debug_assert!(matches.len() == 1);
                matches[0] = self.find_literals(ty, text, start).is_some();
                matches[0]
            }
            Dfa | DfaAnchoredReverse | DfaSuffix | DfaMany => {
                match dfa::Fsm::forward_many(
                    &self.ro.dfa,
                    &self.cache,
                    matches,
                    text,
                    start,
                ) {
                    dfa::Result::Match(_) => true,
                    dfa::Result::NoMatch(_) => false,
                    dfa::Result::Quit => {
                        self.exec_nfa(
                            MatchNfaType::Auto,
                            matches,
                            &mut [],
                            false,
                            text,
                            start)
                    }
                }
            }
            Nfa(ty) => self.exec_nfa(ty, matches, &mut [], false, text, start),
            Nothing => false,
        }
    }

    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    fn is_anchor_end_match(&self, text: &[u8]) -> bool {
        // Only do this check if the haystack is big (>1MB).
        if text.len() > (1<<20) && self.ro.nfa.is_anchored_end {
            let lcs = self.ro.suffixes.lcs();
            if lcs.len() >= 1 && !lcs.is_suffix(text) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        true
    }

    pub fn capture_name_idx(&self) -> &Arc<HashMap<String, usize>> {
        &self.ro.nfa.capture_name_idx
    }
}

impl<'c> ExecNoSyncStr<'c> {
    pub fn capture_name_idx(&self) -> &Arc<HashMap<String, usize>> {
        self.0.capture_name_idx()
    }
}

impl Exec {
    /// Get a searcher that isn't Sync.
    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    pub fn searcher(&self) -> ExecNoSync {
        let create = || Box::new(RefCell::new(ProgramCacheInner::new(&self.ro)));
        ExecNoSync {
            ro: &self.ro, // a clone is too expensive here! (and not needed)
            cache: self.cache.get_or(create),
        }
    }

    /// Get a searcher that isn't Sync and can match on &str.
    #[inline(always)] // reduces constant overhead
    pub fn searcher_str(&self) -> ExecNoSyncStr {
        ExecNoSyncStr(self.searcher())
    }

    /// Build a Regex from this executor.
    pub fn into_regex(self) -> re_unicode::Regex {
        re_unicode::Regex::from(self)
    }

    /// Build a RegexSet from this executor.
    pub fn into_regex_set(self) -> re_set::unicode::RegexSet {
        re_set::unicode::RegexSet::from(self)
    }

    /// Build a Regex from this executor that can match arbitrary bytes.
    pub fn into_byte_regex(self) -> re_bytes::Regex {
        re_bytes::Regex::from(self)
    }

    /// Build a RegexSet from this executor that can match arbitrary bytes.
    pub fn into_byte_regex_set(self) -> re_set::bytes::RegexSet {
        re_set::bytes::RegexSet::from(self)
    }

    /// The original regular expressions given by the caller that were
    /// compiled.
    pub fn regex_strings(&self) -> &[String] {
        &self.ro.res
    }

    /// Return a slice of capture names.
    ///
    /// Any capture that isn't named is None.
    pub fn capture_names(&self) -> &[Option<String>] {
        &self.ro.nfa.captures
    }

    /// Return a reference to named groups mapping (from group name to
    /// group position).
    pub fn capture_name_idx(&self) -> &Arc<HashMap<String, usize>> {
        &self.ro.nfa.capture_name_idx
    }
}

impl Clone for Exec {
    fn clone(&self) -> Exec {
        Exec {
            ro: self.ro.clone(),
            cache: CachedThreadLocal::new(),
        }
    }
}

impl ExecReadOnly {
    fn choose_match_type(&self, hint: Option<MatchType>) -> MatchType {
        use self::MatchType::*;
        if let Some(Nfa(_)) = hint {
            return hint.unwrap();
        }
        // If the NFA is empty, then we'll never match anything.
        if self.nfa.insts.is_empty() {
            return Nothing;
        }
        // If our set of prefixes is complete, then we can use it to find
        // a match in lieu of a regex engine. This doesn't quite work well in
        // the presence of multiple regexes, so only do it when there's one.
        if self.res.len() == 1 {
            if self.nfa.prefixes.complete() {
                return if self.nfa.is_anchored_start {
                    Literal(MatchLiteralType::AnchoredStart)
                } else {
                    Literal(MatchLiteralType::Unanchored)
                };
            }
            if self.suffixes.complete() {
                return if self.nfa.is_anchored_end {
                    Literal(MatchLiteralType::AnchoredEnd)
                } else {
                    // This case shouldn't happen. When the regex isn't
                    // anchored, then complete prefixes should imply complete
                    // suffixes.
                    Literal(MatchLiteralType::Unanchored)
                };
            }
        }
        // If we can execute the DFA, then we totally should.
        if dfa::can_exec(&self.dfa) {
            // Regex sets require a slightly specialized path.
            if self.res.len() >= 2 {
                return DfaMany;
            }
            // If the regex is anchored at the end but not the start, then
            // just match in reverse from the end of the haystack.
            if !self.nfa.is_anchored_start && self.nfa.is_anchored_end {
                return DfaAnchoredReverse;
            }
            // If there's a longish suffix literal, then it might be faster
            // to look for that first.
            if self.should_suffix_scan() {
                return DfaSuffix;
            }
            // Fall back to your garden variety forward searching lazy DFA.
            return Dfa;
        }
        // We're so totally hosed.
        Nfa(MatchNfaType::Auto)
    }

    /// Returns true if the program is amenable to suffix scanning.
    ///
    /// When this is true, as a heuristic, we assume it is OK to quickly scan
    /// for suffix literals and then do a *reverse* DFA match from any matches
    /// produced by the literal scan. (And then followed by a forward DFA
    /// search, since the previously found suffix literal maybe not actually be
    /// the end of a match.)
    ///
    /// This is a bit of a specialized optimization, but can result in pretty
    /// big performance wins if 1) there are no prefix literals and 2) the
    /// suffix literals are pretty rare in the text. (1) is obviously easy to
    /// account for but (2) is harder. As a proxy, we assume that longer
    /// strings are generally rarer, so we only enable this optimization when
    /// we have a meaty suffix.
    fn should_suffix_scan(&self) -> bool {
        if self.suffixes.is_empty() {
            return false;
        }
        let lcs_len = self.suffixes.lcs().char_len();
        lcs_len >= 3 && lcs_len > self.dfa.prefixes.lcp().char_len()
    }
}

#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
enum MatchType {
    /// A single or multiple literal search. This is only used when the regex
    /// can be decomposed into unambiguous literal search.
    Literal(MatchLiteralType),
    /// A normal DFA search.
    Dfa,
    /// A reverse DFA search starting from the end of a haystack.
    DfaAnchoredReverse,
    /// A reverse DFA search with suffix literal scanning.
    DfaSuffix,
    /// Use the DFA on two or more regular expressions.
    DfaMany,
    /// An NFA variant.
    Nfa(MatchNfaType),
    /// No match is ever possible, so don't ever try to search.
    Nothing,
}

#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
enum MatchLiteralType {
    /// Match literals anywhere in text.
    Unanchored,
    /// Match literals only at the start of text.
    AnchoredStart,
    /// Match literals only at the end of text.
    AnchoredEnd,
}

#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
enum MatchNfaType {
    /// Choose between Backtrack and PikeVM.
    Auto,
    /// NFA bounded backtracking.
    ///
    /// (This is only set by tests, since it never makes sense to always want
    /// backtracking.)
    Backtrack,
    /// The Pike VM.
    ///
    /// (This is only set by tests, since it never makes sense to always want
    /// the Pike VM.)
    PikeVM,
}

/// ProgramCache maintains reusable allocations for each matching engine
/// available to a particular program.
pub type ProgramCache = RefCell<ProgramCacheInner>;

#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
pub struct ProgramCacheInner {
    pub pikevm: pikevm::Cache,
    pub backtrack: backtrack::Cache,
    pub dfa: dfa::Cache,
    pub dfa_reverse: dfa::Cache,
}

impl ProgramCacheInner {
    fn new(ro: &ExecReadOnly) -> Self {
        ProgramCacheInner {
            pikevm: pikevm::Cache::new(&ro.nfa),
            backtrack: backtrack::Cache::new(&ro.nfa),
            dfa: dfa::Cache::new(&ro.dfa),
            dfa_reverse: dfa::Cache::new(&ro.dfa_reverse),
        }
    }
}