Crate vectorscan

Wrapper for the vectorscan C++ regex library.

TODO: describe feature flags!

FIXME: describe any outstanding forks, but also make PRs to include those!

TODO: describe perf hit (or lack thereof) for "catch-unwind" feature via reference to Servo’s unwind perf issue and the fix PR.

Modules

• allocalloc
  Routines for overriding the allocators used in several components of vectorscan.
• database
  Compile state machines from expressions or deserialize them from bytes.
• error
  Errors returned by methods in this library.
• expressioncompiler
  FFI wrappers for different types of pattern strings.
• flagscompiler
  Integer bitsets used to configure pattern compilation.
• matchers
  Types used in vectorscan match callbacks.
• sources
  Wrappers for types of string data which can be searched and indexed.
• state
  Allocate and initialize mutable scratch space required for string searching.
• streamstream

Functions

• check_valid_platformcompiler
  Utility function to test the current system architecture.
• chimera_versionchimera
  Utility function for identifying this release version.
• vectorscan_version
  Utility function for identifying this release version.