Merge pull request #3962 from Feoramund/regex

Add `core:text/regex`

core/text/regex/common/common.odin

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+// This package helps break dependency cycles.
+package regex_common
+
+/*
+	(c) Copyright 2024 Feoramund <rune@swevencraft.org>.
+	Made available under Odin's BSD-3 license.
+
+	List of contributors:
+		Feoramund: Initial implementation.
+*/
+
+// VM limitations
+MAX_CAPTURE_GROUPS :: max(#config(ODIN_REGEX_MAX_CAPTURE_GROUPS, 10), 10)
+MAX_PROGRAM_SIZE   :: int(max(i16))
+MAX_CLASSES        :: int(max(u8))
+
+Flag :: enum u8 {
+	// Global: try to match the pattern anywhere in the string.
+	Global,
+	// Multiline: treat `^` and `$` as if they also match newlines.
+	Multiline,
+	// Case Insensitive: treat `a-z` as if it was also `A-Z`.
+	Case_Insensitive,
+	// Ignore Whitespace: bypass unescaped whitespace outside of classes.
+	Ignore_Whitespace,
+	// Unicode: let the compiler and virtual machine know to expect Unicode strings.
+	Unicode,
+
+	// No Capture: avoid saving capture group data entirely.
+	No_Capture,
+	// No Optimization: do not pass the pattern through the optimizer; for debugging.
+	No_Optimization,
+}
+
+Flags :: bit_set[Flag; u8]
+
+@(rodata)
+Flag_To_Letter := #sparse[Flag]u8 {
+	.Global            = 'g',
+	.Multiline         = 'm',
+	.Case_Insensitive  = 'i',
+	.Ignore_Whitespace = 'x',
+	.Unicode           = 'u',
+	.No_Capture        = 'n',
+	.No_Optimization   = '-',
+}

core/text/regex/common/debugging.odin

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+package regex_common
+
+/*
+	(c) Copyright 2024 Feoramund <rune@swevencraft.org>.
+	Made available under Odin's BSD-3 license.
+
+	List of contributors:
+		Feoramund: Initial implementation.
+*/
+
+@require import "core:os"
+import "core:io"
+import "core:strings"
+
+ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX :: #config(ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX, false)
+
+when ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+	debug_stream := os.stream_from_handle(os.stderr)
+}
+
+write_padded_hex :: proc(w: io.Writer, #any_int n, zeroes: int) {
+	sb := strings.builder_make()
+	defer strings.builder_destroy(&sb)
+
+	sbw := strings.to_writer(&sb)
+	io.write_int(sbw, n, 0x10)
+
+	io.write_string(w, "0x")
+	for _ in 0..<max(0, zeroes - strings.builder_len(sb)) {
+		io.write_byte(w, '0')
+	}
+	io.write_int(w, n, 0x10)
+}

core/text/regex/compiler/compiler.odin

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+package regex_compiler
+
+/*
+	(c) Copyright 2024 Feoramund <rune@swevencraft.org>.
+	Made available under Odin's BSD-3 license.
+
+	List of contributors:
+		Feoramund: Initial implementation.
+*/
+
+import "base:intrinsics"
+import "core:text/regex/common"
+import "core:text/regex/parser"
+import "core:text/regex/tokenizer"
+import "core:text/regex/virtual_machine"
+import "core:unicode"
+
+Token      :: tokenizer.Token
+Token_Kind :: tokenizer.Token_Kind
+Tokenizer  :: tokenizer.Tokenizer
+
+Rune_Class_Range            :: parser.Rune_Class_Range
+Rune_Class_Data             :: parser.Rune_Class_Data
+
+Node                        :: parser.Node
+Node_Rune                   :: parser.Node_Rune
+Node_Rune_Class             :: parser.Node_Rune_Class
+Node_Wildcard               :: parser.Node_Wildcard
+Node_Concatenation          :: parser.Node_Concatenation
+Node_Alternation            :: parser.Node_Alternation
+Node_Repeat_Zero            :: parser.Node_Repeat_Zero
+Node_Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy :: parser.Node_Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy
+Node_Repeat_One             :: parser.Node_Repeat_One
+Node_Repeat_One_Non_Greedy  :: parser.Node_Repeat_One_Non_Greedy
+Node_Repeat_N               :: parser.Node_Repeat_N
+Node_Optional               :: parser.Node_Optional
+Node_Optional_Non_Greedy    :: parser.Node_Optional_Non_Greedy
+Node_Group                  :: parser.Node_Group
+Node_Anchor                 :: parser.Node_Anchor
+Node_Word_Boundary          :: parser.Node_Word_Boundary
+Node_Match_All_And_Escape   :: parser.Node_Match_All_And_Escape
+
+Opcode :: virtual_machine.Opcode
+Program  :: [dynamic]Opcode
+
+JUMP_SIZE  :: size_of(Opcode) + 1 * size_of(u16)
+SPLIT_SIZE :: size_of(Opcode) + 2 * size_of(u16)
+
+
+Compiler :: struct {
+	flags: common.Flags,
+	class_data: [dynamic]Rune_Class_Data,
+}
+
+
+Error :: enum {
+	None,
+	Program_Too_Big,
+	Too_Many_Classes,
+}
+
+classes_are_exact :: proc(q, w: ^Rune_Class_Data) -> bool #no_bounds_check {
+	assert(q != nil)
+	assert(w != nil)
+
+	if q == w {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if len(q.runes) != len(w.runes) || len(q.ranges) != len(w.ranges) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for r, i in q.runes {
+		if r != w.runes[i] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	for r, i in q.ranges {
+		if r.lower != w.ranges[i].lower || r.upper != w.ranges[i].upper {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+map_all_classes :: proc(tree: Node, collection: ^[dynamic]Rune_Class_Data) {
+	if tree == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	switch specific in tree {
+	case ^Node_Rune: break
+	case ^Node_Wildcard: break
+	case ^Node_Anchor: break
+	case ^Node_Word_Boundary: break
+	case ^Node_Match_All_And_Escape: break
+
+	case ^Node_Concatenation:
+		for subnode in specific.nodes {
+			map_all_classes(subnode, collection)
+		}
+
+	case ^Node_Repeat_Zero:
+		map_all_classes(specific.inner, collection)
+	case ^Node_Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy:
+		map_all_classes(specific.inner, collection)
+	case ^Node_Repeat_One:
+		map_all_classes(specific.inner, collection)
+	case ^Node_Repeat_One_Non_Greedy:
+		map_all_classes(specific.inner, collection)
+	case ^Node_Repeat_N:
+		map_all_classes(specific.inner, collection)
+	case ^Node_Optional:
+		map_all_classes(specific.inner, collection)
+	case ^Node_Optional_Non_Greedy:
+		map_all_classes(specific.inner, collection)
+	case ^Node_Group:
+		map_all_classes(specific.inner, collection)
+
+	case ^Node_Alternation:
+		map_all_classes(specific.left, collection)
+		map_all_classes(specific.right, collection)
+
+	case ^Node_Rune_Class:
+		unseen := true
+		for &value in collection {
+			if classes_are_exact(&specific.data, &value) {
+				unseen = false
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		if unseen {
+			append(collection, specific.data)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+append_raw :: #force_inline proc(code: ^Program, data: $T) {
+	// NOTE: This is system-dependent endian.
+	for b in transmute([size_of(T)]byte)data {
+		append(code, cast(Opcode)b)
+	}
+}
+inject_raw :: #force_inline proc(code: ^Program, start: int, data: $T) {
+	// NOTE: This is system-dependent endian.
+	for b, i in transmute([size_of(T)]byte)data {
+		inject_at(code, start + i, cast(Opcode)b)
+	}
+}
+
+@require_results
+generate_code :: proc(c: ^Compiler, node: Node) -> (code: Program) {
+	if node == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// NOTE: For Jump/Split arguments, we write as i16 and will reinterpret
+	// this later when relative jumps are turned into absolute jumps.
+
+	switch specific in node {
+	// Atomic Nodes:
+	case ^Node_Rune:
+		if .Unicode not_in c.flags || specific.data < unicode.MAX_LATIN1 {
+			append(&code, Opcode.Byte)
+			append(&code, cast(Opcode)specific.data)
+		} else {
+			append(&code, Opcode.Rune)
+			append_raw(&code, specific.data)
+		}
+
+	case ^Node_Rune_Class:
+		if specific.negating {
+			append(&code, Opcode.Rune_Class_Negated)
+		} else {
+			append(&code, Opcode.Rune_Class)
+		}
+
+		index := -1
+		for &data, i in c.class_data {
+			if classes_are_exact(&data, &specific.data) {
+				index = i
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		assert(index != -1, "Unable to find collected Rune_Class_Data index.")
+
+		append(&code, Opcode(index))
+
+	case ^Node_Wildcard:
+		append(&code, Opcode.Wildcard)
+
+	case ^Node_Anchor:
+		if .Multiline in c.flags {
+			append(&code, Opcode.Multiline_Open)
+			append(&code, Opcode.Multiline_Close)
+		} else {
+			if specific.start {
+				append(&code, Opcode.Assert_Start)
+			} else {
+				append(&code, Opcode.Assert_End)
+			}
+		}
+	case ^Node_Word_Boundary:
+		if specific.non_word {
+			append(&code, Opcode.Assert_Non_Word_Boundary)
+		} else {
+			append(&code, Opcode.Assert_Word_Boundary)
+		}
+
+	// Compound Nodes:
+	case ^Node_Group:
+		code = generate_code(c, specific.inner)
+
+		if specific.capture && .No_Capture not_in c.flags {
+			inject_at(&code, 0, Opcode.Save)
+			inject_at(&code, 1, Opcode(2 * specific.capture_id))
+
+			append(&code, Opcode.Save)
+			append(&code, Opcode(2 * specific.capture_id + 1))
+		}
+
+	case ^Node_Alternation:
+		left := generate_code(c, specific.left)
+		right := generate_code(c, specific.right)
+
+		left_len := len(left)
+
+		// Avoiding duplicate allocation by reusing `left`.
+		code = left
+
+		inject_at(&code, 0, Opcode.Split)
+		inject_raw(&code, size_of(byte)               , i16(SPLIT_SIZE))
+		inject_raw(&code, size_of(byte) + size_of(i16), i16(SPLIT_SIZE + left_len + JUMP_SIZE))
+
+		append(&code, Opcode.Jump)
+		append_raw(&code, i16(len(right) + JUMP_SIZE))
+
+		for opcode in right {
+			append(&code, opcode)
+		}
+
+	case ^Node_Concatenation:
+		for subnode in specific.nodes {
+			subnode_code := generate_code(c, subnode)
+			for opcode in subnode_code {
+				append(&code, opcode)
+			}
+		}
+
+	case ^Node_Repeat_Zero:
+		code = generate_code(c, specific.inner)
+		original_len := len(code)
+
+		inject_at(&code, 0, Opcode.Split)
+		inject_raw(&code, size_of(byte)               , i16(SPLIT_SIZE))
+		inject_raw(&code, size_of(byte) + size_of(i16), i16(SPLIT_SIZE + original_len + JUMP_SIZE))
+
+		append(&code, Opcode.Jump)
+		append_raw(&code, i16(-original_len - SPLIT_SIZE))
+
+	case ^Node_Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy:
+		code = generate_code(c, specific.inner)
+		original_len := len(code)
+
+		inject_at(&code, 0, Opcode.Split)
+		inject_raw(&code, size_of(byte)               , i16(SPLIT_SIZE + original_len + JUMP_SIZE))
+		inject_raw(&code, size_of(byte) + size_of(i16), i16(SPLIT_SIZE))
+
+		append(&code, Opcode.Jump)
+		append_raw(&code, i16(-original_len - SPLIT_SIZE))
+
+	case ^Node_Repeat_One:
+		code = generate_code(c, specific.inner)
+		original_len := len(code)
+
+		append(&code, Opcode.Split)
+		append_raw(&code, i16(-original_len))
+		append_raw(&code, i16(SPLIT_SIZE))
+
+	case ^Node_Repeat_One_Non_Greedy:
+		code = generate_code(c, specific.inner)
+		original_len := len(code)
+
+		append(&code, Opcode.Split)
+		append_raw(&code, i16(SPLIT_SIZE))
+		append_raw(&code, i16(-original_len))
+
+	case ^Node_Repeat_N:
+		inside := generate_code(c, specific.inner)
+		original_len := len(inside)
+
+		if specific.lower == specific.upper { // {N}
+			// e{N} ... evaluates to ... e^N
+			for i := 0; i < specific.upper; i += 1 {
+				for opcode in inside {
+					append(&code, opcode)
+				}
+			}
+
+		} else if specific.lower == -1 && specific.upper > 0 { // {,M}
+			// e{,M} ... evaluates to ... e?^M
+			for i := 0; i < specific.upper; i += 1 {
+				append(&code, Opcode.Split)
+				append_raw(&code, i16(SPLIT_SIZE))
+				append_raw(&code, i16(SPLIT_SIZE + original_len))
+				for opcode in inside {
+					append(&code, opcode)
+				}
+			}
+
+		} else if specific.lower >= 0 && specific.upper == -1 { // {N,}
+			// e{N,} ... evaluates to ... e^N e*
+			for i := 0; i < specific.lower; i += 1 {
+				for opcode in inside {
+					append(&code, opcode)
+				}
+			}
+
+			append(&code, Opcode.Split)
+			append_raw(&code, i16(SPLIT_SIZE))
+			append_raw(&code, i16(SPLIT_SIZE + original_len + JUMP_SIZE))
+
+			for opcode in inside {
+				append(&code, opcode)
+			}
+
+			append(&code, Opcode.Jump)
+			append_raw(&code, i16(-original_len - SPLIT_SIZE))
+
+		} else if specific.lower >= 0 && specific.upper > 0 {
+			// e{N,M}  evaluates to ... e^N e?^(M-N)
+			for i := 0; i < specific.lower; i += 1 {
+				for opcode in inside {
+					append(&code, opcode)
+				}
+			}
+			for i := 0; i < specific.upper - specific.lower; i += 1 {
+				append(&code, Opcode.Split)
+				append_raw(&code, i16(SPLIT_SIZE + original_len))
+				append_raw(&code, i16(SPLIT_SIZE))
+				for opcode in inside {
+					append(&code, opcode)
+				}
+			}
+
+		} else {
+			panic("RegEx compiler received invalid repetition group.")
+		}
+
+	case ^Node_Optional:
+		code = generate_code(c, specific.inner)
+		original_len := len(code)
+
+		inject_at(&code, 0, Opcode.Split)
+		inject_raw(&code, size_of(byte)               , i16(SPLIT_SIZE))
+		inject_raw(&code, size_of(byte) + size_of(i16), i16(SPLIT_SIZE + original_len))
+
+	case ^Node_Optional_Non_Greedy:
+		code = generate_code(c, specific.inner)
+		original_len := len(code)
+
+		inject_at(&code, 0, Opcode.Split)
+		inject_raw(&code, size_of(byte)               , i16(SPLIT_SIZE + original_len))
+		inject_raw(&code, size_of(byte) + size_of(i16), i16(SPLIT_SIZE))
+
+	case ^Node_Match_All_And_Escape:
+		append(&code, Opcode.Match_All_And_Escape)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+@require_results
+compile :: proc(tree: Node, flags: common.Flags) -> (code: Program, class_data: [dynamic]Rune_Class_Data, err: Error) {
+	if tree == nil {
+		if .No_Capture not_in flags {
+			append(&code, Opcode.Save); append(&code, Opcode(0x00))
+			append(&code, Opcode.Save); append(&code, Opcode(0x01))
+			append(&code, Opcode.Match)
+		} else {
+			append(&code, Opcode.Match_And_Exit)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	c: Compiler
+	c.flags = flags
+
+	map_all_classes(tree, &class_data)
+	if len(class_data) >= common.MAX_CLASSES {
+		err = .Too_Many_Classes
+		return
+	}
+	c.class_data = class_data
+
+	code = generate_code(&c, tree)
+
+	pc_open := 0
+
+	add_global: if .Global in flags {
+		// Check if the opening to the pattern is predictable.
+		// If so, use one of the optimized Wait opcodes.
+		iter := virtual_machine.Opcode_Iterator{ code[:], 0 }
+		seek_loop: for opcode, pc in virtual_machine.iterate_opcodes(&iter) {
+			#partial switch opcode {
+			case .Byte:
+				inject_at(&code, pc_open, Opcode.Wait_For_Byte)
+				pc_open += size_of(Opcode)
+				inject_at(&code, pc_open, Opcode(code[pc + size_of(Opcode) + pc_open]))
+				pc_open += size_of(u8)
+				break add_global
+
+			case .Rune:
+				operand := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^rune)&code[pc+1])
+				inject_at(&code, pc_open, Opcode.Wait_For_Rune)
+				pc_open += size_of(Opcode)
+				inject_raw(&code, pc_open, operand)
+				pc_open += size_of(rune)
+				break add_global
+
+			case .Rune_Class:
+				inject_at(&code, pc_open, Opcode.Wait_For_Rune_Class)
+				pc_open += size_of(Opcode)
+				inject_at(&code, pc_open, Opcode(code[pc + size_of(Opcode) + pc_open]))
+				pc_open += size_of(u8)
+				break add_global
+
+			case .Rune_Class_Negated:
+				inject_at(&code, pc_open, Opcode.Wait_For_Rune_Class_Negated)
+				pc_open += size_of(Opcode)
+				inject_at(&code, pc_open, Opcode(code[pc + size_of(Opcode) + pc_open]))
+				pc_open += size_of(u8)
+				break add_global
+
+			case .Save:
+				continue
+			case:
+				break seek_loop
+			}
+		}
+
+		// `.*?`
+		inject_at(&code, pc_open, Opcode.Split)
+		pc_open += size_of(byte)
+		inject_raw(&code, pc_open, i16(SPLIT_SIZE + size_of(byte) + JUMP_SIZE))
+		pc_open += size_of(i16)
+		inject_raw(&code, pc_open, i16(SPLIT_SIZE))
+		pc_open += size_of(i16)
+
+		inject_at(&code, pc_open, Opcode.Wildcard)
+		pc_open += size_of(byte)
+
+		inject_at(&code, pc_open, Opcode.Jump)
+		pc_open += size_of(byte)
+		inject_raw(&code, pc_open, i16(-size_of(byte) - SPLIT_SIZE))
+		pc_open += size_of(i16)
+
+	}
+
+	if .No_Capture not_in flags {
+		// `(` <generated code>
+		inject_at(&code, pc_open, Opcode.Save)
+		inject_at(&code, pc_open + size_of(byte), Opcode(0x00))
+
+		// `)`
+		append(&code, Opcode.Save); append(&code, Opcode(0x01))
+
+		append(&code, Opcode.Match)
+	} else {
+		append(&code, Opcode.Match_And_Exit)
+	}
+
+	if len(code) >= common.MAX_PROGRAM_SIZE {
+		err = .Program_Too_Big
+		return
+	}
+
+	// NOTE: No further opcode addition beyond this point, as we've already
+	// checked the program size. Removal or transformation is fine.
+
+	// Post-Compile Optimizations:
+
+	// * Jump Extension
+	//
+	// A:RelJmp(1) -> B:RelJmp(2) => A:RelJmp(2)
+	if .No_Optimization not_in flags {
+		for passes_left := 1; passes_left > 0; passes_left -= 1 {
+			do_another_pass := false
+
+			iter := virtual_machine.Opcode_Iterator{ code[:], 0 }
+			for opcode, pc in virtual_machine.iterate_opcodes(&iter) {
+				#partial switch opcode {
+				case .Jump:
+					jmp   := cast(^i16)&code[pc+size_of(Opcode)]
+					jmp_value := intrinsics.unaligned_load(jmp)
+					if code[cast(i16)pc+jmp_value] == .Jump {
+						next_jmp := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^i16)&code[cast(i16)pc+jmp_value+size_of(Opcode)])
+						intrinsics.unaligned_store(jmp, jmp_value + next_jmp)
+						do_another_pass = true
+					}
+				case .Split:
+					jmp_x := cast(^i16)&code[pc+size_of(Opcode)]
+					jmp_x_value := intrinsics.unaligned_load(jmp_x)
+					if code[cast(i16)pc+jmp_x_value] == .Jump {
+						next_jmp := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^i16)&code[cast(i16)pc+jmp_x_value+size_of(Opcode)])
+						intrinsics.unaligned_store(jmp_x, jmp_x_value + next_jmp)
+						do_another_pass = true
+					}
+					jmp_y := cast(^i16)&code[pc+size_of(Opcode)+size_of(i16)]
+					jmp_y_value := intrinsics.unaligned_load(jmp_y)
+					if code[cast(i16)pc+jmp_y_value] == .Jump {
+						next_jmp := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^i16)&code[cast(i16)pc+jmp_y_value+size_of(Opcode)])
+						intrinsics.unaligned_store(jmp_y, jmp_y_value + next_jmp)
+						do_another_pass = true
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if do_another_pass {
+				passes_left += 1
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// * Relative Jump to Absolute Jump
+	//
+	// RelJmp{PC +/- N} => AbsJmp{M}
+	iter := virtual_machine.Opcode_Iterator{ code[:], 0 }
+	for opcode, pc in virtual_machine.iterate_opcodes(&iter) {
+		// NOTE: The virtual machine implementation depends on this.
+		#partial switch opcode {
+		case .Jump:
+			jmp   := cast(^u16)&code[pc+size_of(Opcode)]
+			intrinsics.unaligned_store(jmp, intrinsics.unaligned_load(jmp) + cast(u16)pc)
+		case .Split:
+			jmp_x := cast(^u16)&code[pc+size_of(Opcode)]
+			intrinsics.unaligned_store(jmp_x, intrinsics.unaligned_load(jmp_x) + cast(u16)pc)
+			jmp_y := cast(^u16)&code[pc+size_of(Opcode)+size_of(i16)]
+			intrinsics.unaligned_store(jmp_y, intrinsics.unaligned_load(jmp_y) + cast(u16)pc)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}

core/text/regex/compiler/debugging.odin

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+package regex_compiler
+
+/*
+	(c) Copyright 2024 Feoramund <rune@swevencraft.org>.
+	Made available under Odin's BSD-3 license.
+
+	List of contributors:
+		Feoramund: Initial implementation.
+*/
+
+import "base:intrinsics"
+import "core:io"
+import "core:text/regex/common"
+import "core:text/regex/virtual_machine"
+
+get_jump_targets :: proc(code: []Opcode) -> (jump_targets: map[int]int) {
+	iter := virtual_machine.Opcode_Iterator{ code, 0 }
+	for opcode, pc in virtual_machine.iterate_opcodes(&iter) {
+		#partial switch opcode {
+		case .Jump:
+			jmp   := cast(int)intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^u16)&code[pc+1])
+			jump_targets[jmp] = pc
+		case .Split:
+			jmp_x := cast(int)intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^u16)&code[pc+1])
+			jmp_y := cast(int)intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^u16)&code[pc+3])
+			jump_targets[jmp_x] = pc
+			jump_targets[jmp_y] = pc
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+trace :: proc(w: io.Writer, code: []Opcode) {
+	jump_targets := get_jump_targets(code)
+	defer delete(jump_targets)
+
+	iter := virtual_machine.Opcode_Iterator{ code, 0 }
+	for opcode, pc in virtual_machine.iterate_opcodes(&iter) {
+		if src, ok := jump_targets[pc]; ok {
+			io.write_string(w, "--")
+			common.write_padded_hex(w, src, 4)
+			io.write_string(w, "--> ")
+		} else {
+			io.write_string(w, "            ")
+		}
+
+		io.write_string(w, "[PC: ")
+		common.write_padded_hex(w, pc, 4)
+		io.write_string(w, "] ")
+		io.write_string(w, virtual_machine.opcode_to_name(opcode))
+		io.write_byte(w, ' ')
+
+		#partial switch opcode {
+		case .Byte:
+			operand := cast(rune)code[pc+1]
+			io.write_encoded_rune(w, operand)
+		case .Rune:
+			operand := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^rune)&code[pc+1])
+			io.write_encoded_rune(w, operand)
+		case .Rune_Class, .Rune_Class_Negated:
+			operand := cast(u8)code[pc+1]
+			common.write_padded_hex(w, operand, 2)
+		case .Jump:
+			jmp   := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^u16)&code[pc+1])
+			io.write_string(w, "-> $")
+			common.write_padded_hex(w, jmp, 4)
+		case .Split:
+			jmp_x := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^u16)&code[pc+1])
+			jmp_y := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^u16)&code[pc+3])
+			io.write_string(w, "=> $")
+			common.write_padded_hex(w, jmp_x, 4)
+			io.write_string(w, ", $")
+			common.write_padded_hex(w, jmp_y, 4)
+		case .Save:
+			operand := cast(u8)code[pc+1]
+			common.write_padded_hex(w, operand, 2)
+		case .Wait_For_Byte:
+			operand := cast(rune)code[pc+1]
+			io.write_encoded_rune(w, operand)
+		case .Wait_For_Rune:
+			operand := (cast(^rune)&code[pc+1])^
+			io.write_encoded_rune(w, operand)
+		case .Wait_For_Rune_Class:
+			operand := cast(u8)code[pc+1]
+			common.write_padded_hex(w, operand, 2)
+		case .Wait_For_Rune_Class_Negated:
+			operand := cast(u8)code[pc+1]
+			common.write_padded_hex(w, operand, 2)
+		}
+
+		io.write_byte(w, '\n')
+	}
+}

core/text/regex/compiler/doc.odin

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+/*
+package regex_compiler implements a bytecode compiler for the virtual machine
+included alongside it.
+
+Operands larger than u8 are written in system endian order.
+
+More details can be found in the documentation for the virtual machine.
+*/
+package regex_compiler

core/text/regex/doc.odin

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+/*
+package regex implements a complete suite for using Regular Expressions to
+match and capture text.
+
+Regular expressions are used to describe how a piece of text can match to
+another, using a pattern language.
+
+Odin's regex library implements the following features:
+
+	Alternation:           `apple|cherry`
+	Classes:               `[0-9_]`
+	Classes, negated:      `[^0-9_]`
+	Shorthands:            `\d\s\w`
+	Shorthands, negated:   `\D\S\W`
+	Wildcards:             `.`
+	Repeat, optional:      `a*`
+	Repeat, at least once: `a+`
+	Repetition:            `a{1,2}`
+	Optional:              `a?`
+	Group, capture:        `([0-9])`
+	Group, non-capture:    `(?:[0-9])`
+	Start & End Anchors:   `^hello$`
+	Word Boundaries:       `\bhello\b`
+	Non-Word Boundaries:   `hello\B`
+
+These specifiers can be composed together, such as an optional group:
+`(?:hello)?`
+
+This package also supports the non-greedy variants of the repeating and
+optional specifiers by appending a `?` to them.
+
+Of the shorthand classes that are supported, they are all ASCII-based, even
+when compiling in Unicode mode. This is for the sake of general performance and
+simplicity, as there are thousands of Unicode codepoints which would qualify as
+either a digit, space, or word character which could be irrelevant depending on
+what is being matched.
+
+Here are the shorthand class equivalencies:
+	\d: [0-9]
+	\s: [\t\n\f\r ]
+	\w: [0-9A-Z_a-z]
+
+If you need your own shorthands, you can compose strings together like so:
+	MY_HEX :: "[0-9A-Fa-f]"
+	PATTERN :: MY_HEX + "-" + MY_HEX
+
+The compiler will handle turning multiple identical classes into references to
+the same set of matching runes, so there's no penalty for doing it like this.
+
+
+
+	``Some people, when confronted with a problem, think
+	  "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems.''
+
+	     - Jamie Zawinski
+
+
+Regular expressions have gathered a reputation over the decades for often being
+chosen as the wrong tool for the job. Here, we will clarify a few cases in
+which RegEx might be good or bad.
+
+
+**When is it a good time to use RegEx?**
+
+- You don't know at compile-time what patterns of text the program will need to
+  match when it's running.
+- As an example, you are making a client which can be configured by the user to
+  trigger on certain text patterns received from a server.
+- For another example, you need a way for users of a text editor to compose
+  matching strings that are more intricate than a simple substring lookup.
+- The text you're matching against is small (< 64 KiB) and your patterns aren't
+  overly complicated with branches (alternations, repeats, and optionals).
+- If none of the above general impressions apply but your project doesn't
+  warrant long-term maintenance.
+
+**When is it a bad time to use RegEx?**
+
+- You know at compile-time the grammar you're parsing; a hand-made parser has
+  the potential to be more maintainable and readable.
+- The grammar you're parsing has certain validation steps that lend itself to
+  forming complicated expressions, such as e-mail addresses, URIs, dates,
+  postal codes, credit cards, et cetera. Using RegEx to validate these
+  structures is almost always a bad sign.
+- The text you're matching against is big (> 1 MiB); you would be better served
+  by first dividing the text into manageable chunks and using some heuristic to
+  locate the most likely location of a match before applying RegEx against it.
+- You value high performance and low memory usage; RegEx will always have a
+  certain overhead which increases with the complexity of the pattern.
+
+
+The implementation of this package has been optimized, but it will never be as
+thoroughly performant as a hand-made parser. In comparison, there are just too
+many intermediate steps, assumptions, and generalizations in what it takes to
+handle a regular expression.
+
+*/
+package regex

core/text/regex/optimizer/doc.odin

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+/*
+package regex_optimizer implements an optimizer which acts upon the AST of a
+parsed regular expression pattern, transforming it in-place without moving to a
+compilation step.
+
+Where possible, it aims to reduce branching as much as possible in the
+expression by reducing usage of `|`.
+
+
+Here is a summary of the optimizations that it will do:
+
+* Class Simplification               : `[aab]` => `[ab]`
+                                       `[aa]`  => `[a]`
+
+* Class Reduction                    : `[a]`    => `a`
+* Range Construction                 : `[abc]`  => `[a-c]`
+* Rune Merging into Range            : `[aa-c]` => `[a-c]`
+
+* Range Merging                      : `[a-cc-e]` => `[a-e]`
+                                       `[a-cd-e]` => `[a-e]`
+                                       `[a-cb-e]` => `[a-e]`
+
+* Alternation to Optional            : `a|`  => `a?`
+* Alternation to Optional Non-Greedy : `|a`  => `a??`
+* Alternation Reduction              : `a|a` => `a`
+* Alternation to Class               : `a|b` => `[ab]`
+* Class Union                        : `[a0]|[b1]` => `[a0b1]`
+                                       `[a-b]|c`   => `[a-bc]`
+                                       `a|[b-c]`   => `[b-ca]`
+
+* Wildcard Reduction                 : `a|.`    => `.`
+                                       `.|a`    => `.`
+                                       `[ab]|.` => `.`
+                                       `.|[ab]` => `.`
+
+* Common Suffix Elimination : `blueberry|strawberry` => `(?:blue|straw)berry`
+* Common Prefix Elimination : `abi|abe` => `ab(?:i|e)`
+
+* Composition: Consume All to Anchored End
+	`.*$` =>     <special opcode>
+	`.+$` => `.` <special opcode>
+
+
+Possible future improvements:
+
+- Change the AST of alternations to be a list instead of a tree, so that
+  constructions such as `(ab|bb|cb)` can be considered in whole by the affix
+  elimination optimizations.
+
+- Introduce specialized opcodes for certain classes of repetition.
+
+- Add Common Infix Elimination.
+
+- Measure the precise finite minimum and maximum of a pattern, if available,
+  and check against that on any strings before running the virtual machine.
+
+*/
+package regex_optimizer

core/text/regex/optimizer/optimizer.odin

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+package regex_optimizer
+
+/*
+	(c) Copyright 2024 Feoramund <rune@swevencraft.org>.
+	Made available under Odin's BSD-3 license.
+
+	List of contributors:
+		Feoramund: Initial implementation.
+*/
+
+import "base:intrinsics"
+@require import "core:io"
+import "core:slice"
+import "core:text/regex/common"
+import "core:text/regex/parser"
+
+Rune_Class_Range :: parser.Rune_Class_Range
+
+Node                        :: parser.Node
+Node_Rune                   :: parser.Node_Rune
+Node_Rune_Class             :: parser.Node_Rune_Class
+Node_Wildcard               :: parser.Node_Wildcard
+Node_Concatenation          :: parser.Node_Concatenation
+Node_Alternation            :: parser.Node_Alternation
+Node_Repeat_Zero            :: parser.Node_Repeat_Zero
+Node_Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy :: parser.Node_Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy
+Node_Repeat_One             :: parser.Node_Repeat_One
+Node_Repeat_One_Non_Greedy  :: parser.Node_Repeat_One_Non_Greedy
+Node_Repeat_N               :: parser.Node_Repeat_N
+Node_Optional               :: parser.Node_Optional
+Node_Optional_Non_Greedy    :: parser.Node_Optional_Non_Greedy
+Node_Group                  :: parser.Node_Group
+Node_Anchor                 :: parser.Node_Anchor
+Node_Word_Boundary          :: parser.Node_Word_Boundary
+Node_Match_All_And_Escape   :: parser.Node_Match_All_And_Escape
+
+
+class_range_sorter :: proc(i, j: Rune_Class_Range) -> bool {
+	return i.lower < j.lower
+}
+
+optimize_subtree :: proc(tree: Node, flags: common.Flags) -> (result: Node, changes: int) {
+	if tree == nil {
+		return nil, 0
+	}
+
+	result = tree
+
+	switch specific in tree {
+	// No direct optimization possible on these nodes:
+	case ^Node_Rune: break
+	case ^Node_Wildcard: break
+	case ^Node_Anchor: break
+	case ^Node_Word_Boundary: break
+	case ^Node_Match_All_And_Escape: break
+
+	case ^Node_Concatenation:
+		// * Composition: Consume All to Anchored End
+		//
+		// DO: `.*$` =>     <special opcode>
+		// DO: `.+$` => `.` <special opcode>
+		if .Multiline not_in flags && len(specific.nodes) >= 2 {
+			i := len(specific.nodes) - 2
+			wrza: {
+				subnode := specific.nodes[i].(^Node_Repeat_Zero) or_break wrza
+				_ = subnode.inner.(^Node_Wildcard) or_break wrza
+				next_node := specific.nodes[i+1].(^Node_Anchor) or_break wrza
+				if next_node.start == false {
+					specific.nodes[i] = new(Node_Match_All_And_Escape)
+					ordered_remove(&specific.nodes, i + 1)
+					changes += 1
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			wroa: {
+				subnode := specific.nodes[i].(^Node_Repeat_One) or_break wroa
+				subsubnode := subnode.inner.(^Node_Wildcard) or_break wroa
+				next_node := specific.nodes[i+1].(^Node_Anchor) or_break wroa
+				if next_node.start == false {
+					specific.nodes[i] = subsubnode
+					specific.nodes[i+1] = new(Node_Match_All_And_Escape)
+					changes += 1
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Only recursive optimizations:
+		#no_bounds_check for i := 0; i < len(specific.nodes); i += 1 {
+			subnode, subnode_changes := optimize_subtree(specific.nodes[i], flags)
+			changes += subnode_changes
+			if subnode == nil {
+				ordered_remove(&specific.nodes, i)
+				i -= 1
+				changes += 1
+			} else {
+				specific.nodes[i] = subnode
+			}
+		}
+
+		if len(specific.nodes) == 1 {
+			result = specific.nodes[0]
+			changes += 1
+		} else if len(specific.nodes) == 0 {
+			return nil, changes + 1
+		}
+
+	case ^Node_Repeat_Zero:
+		specific.inner, changes = optimize_subtree(specific.inner, flags)
+		if specific.inner == nil {
+			return nil, changes + 1
+		}
+	case ^Node_Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy:
+		specific.inner, changes = optimize_subtree(specific.inner, flags)
+		if specific.inner == nil {
+			return nil, changes + 1
+		}
+	case ^Node_Repeat_One:
+		specific.inner, changes = optimize_subtree(specific.inner, flags)
+		if specific.inner == nil {
+			return nil, changes + 1
+		}
+	case ^Node_Repeat_One_Non_Greedy:
+		specific.inner, changes = optimize_subtree(specific.inner, flags)
+		if specific.inner == nil {
+			return nil, changes + 1
+		}
+	case ^Node_Repeat_N:
+		specific.inner, changes = optimize_subtree(specific.inner, flags)
+		if specific.inner == nil {
+			return nil, changes + 1
+		}
+	case ^Node_Optional:
+		specific.inner, changes = optimize_subtree(specific.inner, flags)
+		if specific.inner == nil {
+			return nil, changes + 1
+		}
+	case ^Node_Optional_Non_Greedy:
+		specific.inner, changes = optimize_subtree(specific.inner, flags)
+		if specific.inner == nil {
+			return nil, changes + 1
+		}
+
+	case ^Node_Group:
+		specific.inner, changes = optimize_subtree(specific.inner, flags)
+
+		if specific.inner == nil {
+			return nil, changes + 1
+		}
+
+		if !specific.capture {
+			result = specific.inner
+			changes += 1
+		}
+
+	// Full optimization:
+	case ^Node_Rune_Class:
+		// * Class Simplification
+		//
+		// DO: `[aab]` => `[ab]`
+		// DO: `[aa]`  => `[a]`
+		runes_seen: map[rune]bool
+
+		for r in specific.runes {
+			runes_seen[r] = true
+		}
+
+		if len(runes_seen) != len(specific.runes) {
+			clear(&specific.runes)
+			for key in runes_seen {
+				append(&specific.runes, key)
+			}
+			changes += 1
+		}
+
+		// * Class Reduction
+		//
+		// DO: `[a]` => `a`
+		if !specific.negating && len(specific.runes) == 1 && len(specific.ranges) == 0 {
+			only_rune := specific.runes[0]
+
+			node := new(Node_Rune)
+			node.data = only_rune
+
+			return node, changes + 1
+		}
+
+		// * Range Construction
+		//
+		// DO: `[abc]` => `[a-c]`
+		slice.sort(specific.runes[:])
+		if len(specific.runes) > 1 {
+			new_range: Rune_Class_Range
+			new_range.lower = specific.runes[0]
+			new_range.upper = specific.runes[0]
+
+			#no_bounds_check for i := 1; i < len(specific.runes); i += 1 {
+				r := specific.runes[i]
+				if new_range.lower == -1 {
+					new_range = { r, r }
+					continue
+				}
+
+				if r == new_range.lower - 1 {
+					new_range.lower -= 1
+					ordered_remove(&specific.runes, i)
+					i -= 1
+					changes += 1
+				} else if r == new_range.upper + 1 {
+					new_range.upper += 1
+					ordered_remove(&specific.runes, i)
+					i -= 1
+					changes += 1
+				} else if new_range.lower != new_range.upper {
+					append(&specific.ranges, new_range)
+					new_range = { -1, -1 }
+					changes += 1
+				}
+			}
+
+			if new_range.lower != new_range.upper {
+				append(&specific.ranges, new_range)
+				changes += 1
+			}
+		}
+
+		// * Rune Merging into Range
+		//
+		// DO: `[aa-c]` => `[a-c]`
+		for range in specific.ranges {
+			#no_bounds_check for i := 0; i < len(specific.runes); i += 1 {
+				r := specific.runes[i]
+				if range.lower <= r && r <= range.upper {
+					ordered_remove(&specific.runes, i)
+					i -= 1
+					changes += 1
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// * Range Merging
+		//
+		// DO: `[a-cc-e]` => `[a-e]`
+		// DO: `[a-cd-e]` => `[a-e]`
+		// DO: `[a-cb-e]` => `[a-e]`
+		slice.sort_by(specific.ranges[:], class_range_sorter)
+		#no_bounds_check for i := 0; i < len(specific.ranges) - 1; i += 1 {
+			for j := i + 1; j < len(specific.ranges); j += 1 {
+				left_range  := &specific.ranges[i]
+				right_range :=  specific.ranges[j]
+
+				if left_range.upper == right_range.lower     ||
+				   left_range.upper == right_range.lower - 1 ||
+				   left_range.lower <= right_range.lower && right_range.lower <= left_range.upper {
+					left_range.upper = max(left_range.upper, right_range.upper)
+					ordered_remove(&specific.ranges, j)
+					j -= 1
+					changes += 1
+				} else {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if len(specific.ranges) == 0 {
+			specific.ranges = {}
+		}
+		if len(specific.runes) == 0 {
+			specific.runes = {}
+		}
+
+		// * NOP
+		//
+		// DO: `[]` => <nil>
+		if len(specific.ranges) + len(specific.runes) == 0 {
+			return nil, 1
+		}
+
+		slice.sort(specific.runes[:])
+		slice.sort_by(specific.ranges[:], class_range_sorter)
+
+	case ^Node_Alternation:
+		// Perform recursive optimization first.
+		left_changes, right_changes: int
+		specific.left, left_changes = optimize_subtree(specific.left, flags)
+		specific.right, right_changes = optimize_subtree(specific.right, flags)
+		changes += left_changes + right_changes
+
+		// * Alternation to Optional
+		//
+		// DO: `a|` => `a?`
+		if specific.left != nil && specific.right == nil {
+			node := new(Node_Optional)
+			node.inner = specific.left
+			return node, 1
+		}
+
+		// * Alternation to Optional Non-Greedy
+		//
+		// DO: `|a` => `a??`
+		if specific.right != nil && specific.left == nil {
+			node := new(Node_Optional_Non_Greedy)
+			node.inner = specific.right
+			return node, 1
+		}
+
+		// * NOP
+		//
+		// DO: `|` => <nil>
+		if specific.left == nil && specific.right == nil {
+			return nil, 1
+		}
+
+		left_rune, left_is_rune := specific.left.(^Node_Rune)
+		right_rune, right_is_rune := specific.right.(^Node_Rune)
+
+		if left_is_rune && right_is_rune {
+			if left_rune.data == right_rune.data {
+				// * Alternation Reduction
+				//
+				// DO: `a|a` => `a`
+				return left_rune, 1
+			} else {
+				// * Alternation to Class
+				//
+				// DO: `a|b` => `[ab]`
+				node := new(Node_Rune_Class)
+				append(&node.runes, left_rune.data)
+				append(&node.runes, right_rune.data)
+				return node, 1
+			}
+		}
+
+		left_wildcard, left_is_wildcard := specific.left.(^Node_Wildcard)
+		right_wildcard, right_is_wildcard := specific.right.(^Node_Wildcard)
+
+		// * Class Union
+		//
+		// DO: `[a0]|[b1]` => `[a0b1]`
+		left_class, left_is_class := specific.left.(^Node_Rune_Class)
+		right_class, right_is_class := specific.right.(^Node_Rune_Class)
+		if left_is_class && right_is_class {
+			for r in right_class.runes {
+				append(&left_class.runes, r)
+			}
+			for range in right_class.ranges {
+				append(&left_class.ranges, range)
+			}
+			return left_class, 1
+		}
+
+		// * Class Union
+		//
+		// DO: `[a-b]|c` => `[a-bc]`
+		if left_is_class && right_is_rune {
+			append(&left_class.runes, right_rune.data)
+			return left_class, 1
+		}
+
+		// * Class Union
+		//
+		// DO: `a|[b-c]` => `[b-ca]`
+		if left_is_rune && right_is_class {
+			append(&right_class.runes, left_rune.data)
+			return right_class, 1
+		}
+
+		// * Wildcard Reduction
+		//
+		// DO: `a|.` => `.`
+		if left_is_rune && right_is_wildcard {
+			return right_wildcard, 1
+		}
+
+		// * Wildcard Reduction
+		//
+		// DO: `.|a` => `.`
+		if left_is_wildcard && right_is_rune {
+			return left_wildcard, 1
+		}
+
+		// * Wildcard Reduction
+		//
+		// DO: `[ab]|.` => `.`
+		if left_is_class && right_is_wildcard {
+			return right_wildcard, 1
+		}
+
+		// * Wildcard Reduction
+		//
+		// DO: `.|[ab]` => `.`
+		if left_is_wildcard && right_is_class {
+			return left_wildcard, 1
+		}
+
+		left_concatenation, left_is_concatenation := specific.left.(^Node_Concatenation)
+		right_concatenation, right_is_concatenation := specific.right.(^Node_Concatenation)
+
+		// * Common Suffix Elimination
+		//
+		// DO: `blueberry|strawberry` => `(?:blue|straw)berry`
+		if left_is_concatenation && right_is_concatenation {
+			// Remember that a concatenation could contain any node, not just runes.
+			left_len  := len(left_concatenation.nodes)
+			right_len := len(right_concatenation.nodes)
+			least_len := min(left_len, right_len)
+			same_len  := 0
+			for i := 1; i <= least_len; i += 1 {
+				left_subrune, left_is_subrune := left_concatenation.nodes[left_len - i].(^Node_Rune)
+				right_subrune, right_is_subrune := right_concatenation.nodes[right_len - i].(^Node_Rune)
+
+				if !left_is_subrune || !right_is_subrune {
+					// One of the nodes isn't a rune; there's nothing more we can do.
+					break
+				}
+
+				if left_subrune.data == right_subrune.data {
+					same_len += 1
+				} else {
+					// No more similarities.
+					break
+				}
+			}
+
+			if same_len > 0 {
+				// Dissolve this alternation into a concatenation.
+				cat_node := new(Node_Concatenation)
+				group_node := new(Node_Group)
+				append(&cat_node.nodes, group_node)
+
+				// Turn the concatenation into the common suffix.
+				for i := left_len - same_len; i < left_len; i += 1 {
+					append(&cat_node.nodes, left_concatenation.nodes[i])
+				}
+
+				// Construct the group of alternating prefixes.
+				for i := same_len; i > 0; i -= 1 {
+					pop(&left_concatenation.nodes)
+					pop(&right_concatenation.nodes)
+				}
+
+				// (Re-using this alternation node.)
+				alter_node := specific
+				alter_node.left = left_concatenation
+				alter_node.right = right_concatenation
+				group_node.inner = alter_node
+
+				return cat_node, 1
+			}
+		}
+
+		// * Common Prefix Elimination
+		//
+		// DO: `abi|abe` => `ab(?:i|e)`
+		if left_is_concatenation && right_is_concatenation {
+			// Try to identify a common prefix.
+			// Remember that a concatenation could contain any node, not just runes.
+			least_len := min(len(left_concatenation.nodes), len(right_concatenation.nodes))
+			same_len := 0
+			for i := 0; i < least_len; i += 1 {
+				left_subrune, left_is_subrune := left_concatenation.nodes[i].(^Node_Rune)
+				right_subrune, right_is_subrune := right_concatenation.nodes[i].(^Node_Rune)
+
+				if !left_is_subrune || !right_is_subrune {
+					// One of the nodes isn't a rune; there's nothing more we can do.
+					break
+				}
+
+				if left_subrune.data == right_subrune.data {
+					same_len = i + 1
+				} else {
+					// No more similarities.
+					break
+				}
+			}
+
+			if same_len > 0 {
+				cat_node := new(Node_Concatenation)
+				for i := 0; i < same_len; i += 1 {
+					append(&cat_node.nodes, left_concatenation.nodes[i])
+				}
+				for i := same_len; i > 0; i -= 1 {
+					ordered_remove(&left_concatenation.nodes, 0)
+					ordered_remove(&right_concatenation.nodes, 0)
+				}
+
+				group_node := new(Node_Group)
+				// (Re-using this alternation node.)
+				alter_node := specific
+				alter_node.left = left_concatenation
+				alter_node.right = right_concatenation
+				group_node.inner = alter_node
+
+				append(&cat_node.nodes, group_node)
+				return cat_node, 1
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+optimize :: proc(tree: Node, flags: common.Flags) -> (result: Node, changes: int) {
+	result = tree
+	new_changes := 0
+
+	when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+		io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "AST before Optimizer: ")
+		parser.write_node(common.debug_stream, tree)
+		io.write_byte(common.debug_stream, '\n')
+	}
+
+	// Keep optimizing until no more changes are seen.
+	for {
+		result, new_changes = optimize_subtree(result, flags)
+		changes += new_changes
+		if new_changes == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+		io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "AST after Optimizer: ")
+		parser.write_node(common.debug_stream, result)
+		io.write_byte(common.debug_stream, '\n')
+	}
+
+
+	return
+}

core/text/regex/parser/debugging.odin

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+package regex_parser
+
+/*
+	(c) Copyright 2024 Feoramund <rune@swevencraft.org>.
+	Made available under Odin's BSD-3 license.
+
+	List of contributors:
+		Feoramund: Initial implementation.
+*/
+
+import "core:io"
+
+write_node :: proc(w: io.Writer, node: Node) {
+	switch specific in node {
+	case ^Node_Rune:
+		io.write_rune(w, specific.data)
+
+	case ^Node_Rune_Class:
+		io.write_byte(w, '[')
+		if specific.negating {
+			io.write_byte(w, '^')
+		}
+		for r in specific.data.runes {
+			io.write_rune(w, r)
+		}
+		for range in specific.data.ranges {
+			io.write_rune(w, range.lower)
+			io.write_byte(w, '-')
+			io.write_rune(w, range.upper)
+		}
+		io.write_byte(w, ']')
+
+	case ^Node_Wildcard:
+		io.write_byte(w, '.')
+
+	case ^Node_Concatenation:
+		io.write_rune(w, '「')
+		for subnode, i in specific.nodes {
+			if i != 0 {
+				io.write_rune(w, '⋅')
+			}
+			write_node(w, subnode)
+		}
+		io.write_rune(w, '」')
+
+	case ^Node_Repeat_Zero:
+		write_node(w, specific.inner)
+		io.write_byte(w, '*')
+	case ^Node_Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy:
+		write_node(w, specific.inner)
+		io.write_string(w, "*?")
+	case ^Node_Repeat_One:
+		write_node(w, specific.inner)
+		io.write_byte(w, '+')
+	case ^Node_Repeat_One_Non_Greedy:
+		write_node(w, specific.inner)
+		io.write_string(w, "+?")
+
+	case ^Node_Repeat_N:
+		write_node(w, specific.inner)
+		if specific.lower == 0 && specific.upper == -1 {
+			io.write_byte(w, '*')
+		} else if specific.lower == 1 && specific.upper == -1 {
+			io.write_byte(w, '+')
+		} else {
+			io.write_byte(w, '{')
+			io.write_int(w, specific.lower)
+			io.write_byte(w, ',')
+			io.write_int(w, specific.upper)
+			io.write_byte(w, '}')
+		}
+
+	case ^Node_Alternation:
+		io.write_rune(w, '《')
+		write_node(w, specific.left)
+		io.write_byte(w, '|')
+		write_node(w, specific.right)
+		io.write_rune(w, '》')
+
+	case ^Node_Optional:
+		io.write_rune(w, '〈')
+		write_node(w, specific.inner)
+		io.write_byte(w, '?')
+		io.write_rune(w, '〉')
+	case ^Node_Optional_Non_Greedy:
+		io.write_rune(w, '〈')
+		write_node(w, specific.inner)
+		io.write_string(w, "??")
+		io.write_rune(w, '〉')
+
+	case ^Node_Group:
+		io.write_byte(w, '(')
+		if !specific.capture {
+			io.write_string(w, "?:")
+		}
+		write_node(w, specific.inner)
+		io.write_byte(w, ')')
+
+	case ^Node_Anchor:
+		io.write_byte(w, '^' if specific.start else '$')
+
+	case ^Node_Word_Boundary:
+		io.write_string(w, `\B` if specific.non_word else `\b`)
+
+	case ^Node_Match_All_And_Escape:
+		io.write_string(w, "《.*$》")
+
+	case nil:
+		io.write_string(w, "<nil>")
+	}
+}

core/text/regex/parser/doc.odin

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+package regex_parser implements a Pratt parser, also known as a Top-Down
+Operator Precedence parser, for parsing tokenized regular expression patterns.
+
+References:
+- https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/512927.512931
+- https://tdop.github.io/
+- http://crockford.com/javascript/tdop/tdop.html
+*/
+package regex_parser

core/text/regex/parser/parser.odin

@@ -0,0 +1,590 @@
+package regex_parser
+
+/*
+	(c) Copyright 2024 Feoramund <rune@swevencraft.org>.
+	Made available under Odin's BSD-3 license.
+
+	List of contributors:
+		Feoramund: Initial implementation.
+*/
+
+import "base:intrinsics"
+import "core:strconv"
+import "core:strings"
+import "core:text/regex/common"
+import "core:text/regex/tokenizer"
+import "core:unicode"
+import "core:unicode/utf8"
+
+Token      :: tokenizer.Token
+Token_Kind :: tokenizer.Token_Kind
+Tokenizer  :: tokenizer.Tokenizer
+
+Rune_Class_Range :: struct {
+	lower, upper: rune,
+}
+Rune_Class_Data :: struct {
+	runes: [dynamic]rune,
+	ranges: [dynamic]Rune_Class_Range,
+}
+
+
+Node_Rune :: struct {
+	data: rune,
+}
+
+Node_Rune_Class :: struct {
+	negating: bool,
+	using data: Rune_Class_Data,
+}
+
+Node_Wildcard :: struct {}
+
+Node_Alternation :: struct {
+	left, right: Node,
+}
+
+Node_Concatenation :: struct {
+	nodes: [dynamic]Node,
+}
+
+Node_Repeat_Zero :: struct {
+	inner: Node,
+}
+Node_Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy :: struct {
+	inner: Node,
+}
+Node_Repeat_One :: struct {
+	inner: Node,
+}
+Node_Repeat_One_Non_Greedy :: struct {
+	inner: Node,
+}
+
+Node_Repeat_N :: struct {
+	inner: Node,
+	lower, upper: int,
+}
+
+Node_Optional :: struct {
+	inner: Node,
+}
+Node_Optional_Non_Greedy :: struct {
+	inner: Node,
+}
+
+Node_Group :: struct {
+	inner: Node,
+	capture_id: int,
+	capture: bool,
+}
+
+Node_Anchor :: struct {
+	start: bool,
+}
+Node_Word_Boundary :: struct {
+	non_word: bool,
+}
+
+Node_Match_All_And_Escape :: struct {}
+
+Node :: union {
+	^Node_Rune,
+	^Node_Rune_Class,
+	^Node_Wildcard,
+	^Node_Concatenation,
+	^Node_Alternation,
+	^Node_Repeat_Zero,
+	^Node_Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy,
+	^Node_Repeat_One,
+	^Node_Repeat_One_Non_Greedy,
+	^Node_Repeat_N,
+	^Node_Optional,
+	^Node_Optional_Non_Greedy,
+	^Node_Group,
+	^Node_Anchor,
+	^Node_Word_Boundary,
+
+	// Optimized nodes (not created by the Parser):
+	^Node_Match_All_And_Escape,
+}
+
+
+left_binding_power :: proc(kind: Token_Kind) -> int {
+	#partial switch kind {
+	case .Alternate:                return 1
+	case .Concatenate:              return 2
+	case .Repeat_Zero, .Repeat_One,
+	     .Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy, .Repeat_One_Non_Greedy,
+	     .Repeat_N:                 return 3
+	case .Optional,
+	     .Optional_Non_Greedy:      return 4
+	case .Open_Paren,
+	     .Open_Paren_Non_Capture:   return 9
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+
+Expected_Token :: struct {
+	pos: int,
+	kind: Token_Kind,
+}
+
+Invalid_Repetition :: struct {
+	pos: int,
+}
+
+Invalid_Token :: struct {
+	pos: int,
+	kind: Token_Kind,
+}
+
+Invalid_Unicode :: struct {
+	pos: int,
+}
+
+Too_Many_Capture_Groups :: struct {
+	pos: int,
+}
+
+Unexpected_EOF :: struct {
+	pos: int,
+}
+
+Error :: union {
+	Expected_Token,
+	Invalid_Repetition,
+	Invalid_Token,
+	Invalid_Unicode,
+	Too_Many_Capture_Groups,
+	Unexpected_EOF,
+}
+
+
+Parser :: struct {
+	flags: common.Flags,
+	t: Tokenizer,
+
+	cur_token: Token,
+
+	groups: int,
+}
+
+
+@require_results
+advance :: proc(p: ^Parser) -> Error {
+	p.cur_token = tokenizer.scan(&p.t)
+	if p.cur_token.kind == .Invalid {
+		return Invalid_Unicode { pos = 0 }
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+expect :: proc(p: ^Parser, kind: Token_Kind) -> (err: Error) {
+	if p.cur_token.kind == kind {
+		advance(p) or_return
+		return
+	}
+
+	return Expected_Token{
+		pos = p.t.offset,
+		kind = kind,
+	}
+}
+
+null_denotation :: proc(p: ^Parser, token: Token) -> (result: Node, err: Error) {
+	#partial switch token.kind {
+	case .Rune:
+		r: rune
+		for ru in token.text {
+			r = ru
+			break
+		}
+		assert(r != 0, "Parsed an empty Rune token.")
+
+		if .Case_Insensitive in p.flags {
+			lower := unicode.to_lower(r)
+			upper := unicode.to_upper(r)
+			if lower != upper {
+				node := new(Node_Rune_Class)
+				append(&node.runes, lower)
+				append(&node.runes, upper)
+				return node, nil
+			}
+		}
+
+		node := new(Node_Rune)
+		node ^= { r }
+		return node, nil
+
+	case .Rune_Class:
+		if len(token.text) == 0 {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+
+		node := new(Node_Rune_Class)
+
+		#no_bounds_check for i := 0; i < len(token.text); /**/ {
+			r, size := utf8.decode_rune(token.text[i:])
+			if i == 0 && r == '^' {
+				node.negating = true
+				i += size
+				continue
+			}
+			i += size
+
+			assert(size > 0, "RegEx tokenizer passed an incomplete Rune_Class to the parser.")
+
+			if r == '\\' {
+				next_r, next_size := utf8.decode_rune(token.text[i:])
+				i += next_size
+				assert(next_size > 0, "RegEx tokenizer passed an incomplete Rune_Class to the parser.")
+
+				// @MetaCharacter
+				// NOTE: These must be kept in sync with the tokenizer.
+				switch next_r {
+				case 'f': append(&node.runes, '\f')
+				case 'n': append(&node.runes, '\n')
+				case 'r': append(&node.runes, '\r')
+				case 't': append(&node.runes, '\t')
+
+				case 'd':
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{ '0', '9' })
+				case 's':
+					append(&node.runes, '\t')
+					append(&node.runes, '\n')
+					append(&node.runes, '\f')
+					append(&node.runes, '\r')
+					append(&node.runes, ' ')
+				case 'w':
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{ '0', '9' })
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{ 'A', 'Z' })
+					append(&node.runes, '_')
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{ 'a', 'z' })
+				case 'D':
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{        0,  '0' - 1  })
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{  '9' + 1, max(rune) })
+				case 'S':
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{        0, '\t' - 1  })
+					// \t and \n are adjacent.
+					append(&node.runes, '\x0b') // Vertical Tab
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{ '\r' + 1,  ' ' - 1  })
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{  ' ' + 1, max(rune) })
+				case 'W':
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{        0,  '0' - 1  })
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{  '9' + 1,  'A' - 1  })
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{  'Z' + 1,  '_' - 1  })
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{  '_' + 1,  'a' - 1  })
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{  'z' + 1, max(rune) })
+				case:
+					append(&node.runes, next_r)
+				}
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if r == '-' && len(node.runes) > 0 {
+				next_r, next_size := utf8.decode_rune(token.text[i:])
+				if next_size > 0 {
+					last := pop(&node.runes)
+					i += next_size
+
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{ last, next_r })
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+
+			append(&node.runes, r)
+		}
+
+		if .Case_Insensitive in p.flags {
+			// These two loops cannot be in the form of `for x in y` because
+			// they append to the data that they iterate over.
+			length := len(node.runes)
+			#no_bounds_check for i := 0; i < length; i += 1 {
+				r := node.runes[i]
+				lower := unicode.to_lower(r)
+				upper := unicode.to_upper(r)
+
+				if lower != upper {
+					if lower != r {
+						append(&node.runes, lower)
+					} else {
+						append(&node.runes, upper)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			length = len(node.ranges)
+			#no_bounds_check for i := 0; i < length; i += 1 {
+				range := &node.ranges[i]
+
+				min_lower := unicode.to_lower(range.lower)
+				max_lower := unicode.to_lower(range.upper)
+
+				min_upper := unicode.to_upper(range.lower)
+				max_upper := unicode.to_upper(range.upper)
+
+				if min_lower != min_upper && max_lower != max_upper {
+					range.lower = min_lower
+					range.upper = max_lower
+					append(&node.ranges, Rune_Class_Range{ min_upper, max_upper })
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		result = node
+
+	case .Wildcard:
+		node := new(Node_Wildcard)
+		result = node
+
+	case .Open_Paren:
+		// Because of the recursive nature of the token parser, we take the
+		// group number first instead of afterwards, in order to construct
+		// group matches from the outside in.
+		p.groups += 1
+		if p.groups == common.MAX_CAPTURE_GROUPS {
+			return nil, Too_Many_Capture_Groups{ pos = token.pos }
+		}
+		this_group := p.groups
+
+		node := new(Node_Group)
+		node.capture = true
+		node.capture_id = this_group
+
+		node.inner = parse_expression(p, 0) or_return
+		expect(p, .Close_Paren) or_return
+		result = node
+	case .Open_Paren_Non_Capture:
+		node := new(Node_Group)
+		node.inner = parse_expression(p, 0) or_return
+		expect(p, .Close_Paren) or_return
+		result = node
+	case .Close_Paren:
+		node := new(Node_Rune)
+		node ^= { ')' }
+		return node, nil
+		
+	case .Anchor_Start:
+		node := new(Node_Anchor)
+		node.start = true
+		result = node
+	case .Anchor_End:
+		node := new(Node_Anchor)
+		result = node
+	case .Word_Boundary:
+		node := new(Node_Word_Boundary)
+		result = node
+	case .Non_Word_Boundary:
+		node := new(Node_Word_Boundary)
+		node.non_word = true
+		result = node
+
+	case .Alternate:
+		// A unary alternation with a left-side empty path, i.e. `|a`.
+		right, right_err := parse_expression(p, left_binding_power(.Alternate))
+		#partial switch specific in right_err {
+		case Unexpected_EOF:
+			// This token is a NOP, i.e. `|`.
+			break
+		case nil:
+			break
+		case:
+			return nil, right_err
+		}
+
+		node := new(Node_Alternation)
+		node.right = right
+		result = node
+
+	case .EOF:
+		return nil, Unexpected_EOF{ pos = token.pos }
+
+	case:
+		return nil, Invalid_Token{ pos = token.pos, kind = token.kind }
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+left_denotation :: proc(p: ^Parser, token: Token, left: Node) -> (result: Node, err: Error) {
+	#partial switch token.kind {
+	case .Alternate:
+		if p.cur_token.kind == .Close_Paren {
+			// `(a|)`
+			// parse_expression will fail, so intervene here.
+			node := new(Node_Alternation)
+			node.left = left
+			return node, nil
+		}
+
+		right, right_err := parse_expression(p, left_binding_power(.Alternate))
+
+		#partial switch specific in right_err {
+		case nil:
+			break
+		case Unexpected_EOF:
+			// EOF is okay in an alternation; it's an edge case in the way of
+			// expressing an optional such as `a|`.
+			break
+		case:
+			return nil, right_err
+		}
+
+		node := new(Node_Alternation)
+		node.left = left
+		node.right = right
+		result = node
+
+	case .Concatenate:
+		right := parse_expression(p, left_binding_power(.Concatenate)) or_return
+
+		// There should be no need to check if right is Node_Concatenation, due
+		// to how the parsing direction works.
+		#partial switch specific in left {
+		case ^Node_Concatenation:
+			append(&specific.nodes, right)
+			result = specific
+		case:
+			node := new(Node_Concatenation)
+			append(&node.nodes, left)
+			append(&node.nodes, right)
+			result = node
+		}
+
+	case .Repeat_Zero:
+		node := new(Node_Repeat_Zero)
+		node.inner = left
+		result = node
+	case .Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy:
+		node := new(Node_Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy)
+		node.inner = left
+		result = node
+	case .Repeat_One:
+		node := new(Node_Repeat_One)
+		node.inner = left
+		result = node
+	case .Repeat_One_Non_Greedy:
+		node := new(Node_Repeat_One_Non_Greedy)
+		node.inner = left
+		result = node
+
+	case .Repeat_N:
+		node := new(Node_Repeat_N)
+		node.inner = left
+
+		comma := strings.index_byte(token.text, ',')
+
+		switch comma {
+		case -1: // {N}
+			exact, ok := strconv.parse_u64_of_base(token.text, base = 10)
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, Invalid_Repetition{ pos = token.pos }
+			}
+			if exact == 0 {
+				return nil, Invalid_Repetition{ pos = token.pos }
+			}
+
+			node.lower = cast(int)exact
+			node.upper = cast(int)exact
+
+		case 0: // {,M}
+			upper, ok := strconv.parse_u64_of_base(token.text[1:], base = 10)
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, Invalid_Repetition{ pos = token.pos }
+			}
+			if upper == 0 {
+				return nil, Invalid_Repetition{ pos = token.pos }
+			}
+
+			node.lower = -1
+			node.upper = cast(int)upper
+
+		case len(token.text) - 1: // {N,}
+			lower, ok := strconv.parse_u64_of_base(token.text[:comma], base = 10)
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, Invalid_Repetition{ pos = token.pos }
+			}
+
+			node.lower = cast(int)lower
+			node.upper = -1
+
+		case: // {N,M}
+			lower, lower_ok := strconv.parse_u64_of_base(token.text[:comma], base = 10)
+			if !lower_ok {
+				return nil, Invalid_Repetition{ pos = token.pos }
+			}
+			upper, upper_ok := strconv.parse_u64_of_base(token.text[comma+1:], base = 10)
+			if !upper_ok {
+				return nil, Invalid_Repetition{ pos = token.pos }
+			}
+			if lower > upper {
+				return nil, Invalid_Repetition{ pos = token.pos }
+			}
+			if upper == 0 {
+				return nil, Invalid_Repetition{ pos = token.pos }
+			}
+
+			node.lower = cast(int)lower
+			node.upper = cast(int)upper
+		}
+
+		result = node
+
+	case .Optional:
+		node := new(Node_Optional)
+		node.inner = left
+		result = node
+	case .Optional_Non_Greedy:
+		node := new(Node_Optional_Non_Greedy)
+		node.inner = left
+		result = node
+
+	case .EOF:
+		return nil, Unexpected_EOF{ pos = token.pos }
+
+	case:
+		return nil, Invalid_Token{ pos = token.pos, kind = token.kind }
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+parse_expression :: proc(p: ^Parser, rbp: int) -> (result: Node, err: Error) {
+	token := p.cur_token
+
+	advance(p) or_return
+	left := null_denotation(p, token) or_return
+
+	token = p.cur_token
+	for rbp < left_binding_power(token.kind) {
+		advance(p) or_return
+		left = left_denotation(p, token, left) or_return
+		token = p.cur_token
+	}
+
+	return left, nil
+}
+
+parse :: proc(str: string, flags: common.Flags) -> (result: Node, err: Error) {
+	if len(str) == 0 {
+		node := new(Node_Group)
+		return node, nil
+	}
+
+	p: Parser
+	p.flags = flags
+
+	tokenizer.init(&p.t, str, flags)
+
+	p.cur_token = tokenizer.scan(&p.t)
+	if p.cur_token.kind == .Invalid {
+		return nil, Invalid_Unicode { pos = 0 }
+	}
+
+	node := parse_expression(&p, 0) or_return
+	result = node
+
+	return
+}

core/text/regex/regex.odin

@@ -0,0 +1,450 @@
+package regex
+
+/*
+	(c) Copyright 2024 Feoramund <rune@swevencraft.org>.
+	Made available under Odin's BSD-3 license.
+
+	List of contributors:
+		Feoramund: Initial implementation.
+*/
+
+import "core:text/regex/common"
+import "core:text/regex/compiler"
+import "core:text/regex/optimizer"
+import "core:text/regex/parser"
+import "core:text/regex/virtual_machine"
+
+Flag           :: common.Flag
+Flags          :: common.Flags
+Parser_Error   :: parser.Error
+Compiler_Error :: compiler.Error
+
+Creation_Error :: enum {
+	None,
+	// A `\` was supplied as the delimiter to `create_by_user`.
+	Bad_Delimiter,
+	// A pair of delimiters for `create_by_user` was not found.
+	Expected_Delimiter,
+	// An unknown letter was supplied to `create_by_user` after the last delimiter.
+	Unknown_Flag,
+}
+
+Error :: union #shared_nil {
+	// An error that can occur in the pattern parsing phase.
+	//
+	// Most of these are regular expression syntax errors and are either
+	// context-dependent as to what they mean or have self-explanatory names.
+	Parser_Error,
+	// An error that can occur in the pattern compiling phase.
+	//
+	// Of the two that can be returned, they have to do with exceeding the
+	// limitations of the Virtual Machine.
+	Compiler_Error,
+	// An error that occurs only for `create_by_user`.
+	Creation_Error,
+}
+
+/*
+This struct corresponds to a set of string captures from a RegEx match.
+
+`pos` will contain the start and end positions for each string in `groups`,
+such that `str[pos[0][0]:pos[0][1]] == groups[0]`.
+*/
+Capture :: struct {
+	pos: [][2]int,
+	groups: []string,
+}
+
+/*
+A compiled Regular Expression value, to be used with the `match_*` procedures.
+*/
+Regular_Expression :: struct {
+	flags: Flags `fmt:"-"`,
+	class_data: []virtual_machine.Rune_Class_Data `fmt:"-"`,
+	program: []virtual_machine.Opcode `fmt:"-"`,
+}
+
+
+/*
+Create a regular expression from a string pattern and a set of flags.
+
+*Allocates Using Provided Allocators*
+
+Inputs:
+- pattern: The pattern to compile.
+- flags: A `bit_set` of RegEx flags.
+- permanent_allocator: The allocator to use for the final regular expression. (default: context.allocator)
+- temporary_allocator: The allocator to use for the intermediate compilation stages. (default: context.temp_allocator)
+
+Returns:
+- result: The regular expression.
+- err: An error, if one occurred.
+*/
+@require_results
+create :: proc(
+	pattern: string,
+	flags: Flags = {},
+	permanent_allocator := context.allocator,
+	temporary_allocator := context.temp_allocator,
+) -> (result: Regular_Expression, err: Error) {
+
+	// For the sake of speed and simplicity, we first run all the intermediate
+	// processes such as parsing and compilation through the temporary
+	// allocator.
+	program: [dynamic]virtual_machine.Opcode = ---
+	class_data: [dynamic]parser.Rune_Class_Data = ---
+	{
+		context.allocator = temporary_allocator
+
+		ast := parser.parse(pattern, flags) or_return
+
+		if .No_Optimization not_in flags {
+			ast, _ = optimizer.optimize(ast, flags)
+		}
+
+		program, class_data = compiler.compile(ast, flags) or_return
+	}
+
+	// When that's successful, re-allocate all at once with the permanent
+	// allocator so everything can be tightly packed.
+	context.allocator = permanent_allocator
+
+	result.flags = flags
+
+	if len(class_data) > 0 {
+		result.class_data = make([]virtual_machine.Rune_Class_Data, len(class_data))
+	}
+	for data, i in class_data {
+		if len(data.runes) > 0 {
+			result.class_data[i].runes = make([]rune, len(data.runes))
+			copy(result.class_data[i].runes, data.runes[:])
+		}
+		if len(data.ranges) > 0 {
+			result.class_data[i].ranges = make([]virtual_machine.Rune_Class_Range, len(data.ranges))
+			copy(result.class_data[i].ranges, data.ranges[:])
+		}
+	}
+
+	result.program = make([]virtual_machine.Opcode, len(program))
+	copy(result.program, program[:])
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+Create a regular expression from a delimited string pattern, such as one
+provided by users of a program or those found in a configuration file.
+
+They are in the form of:
+
+	[DELIMITER] [regular expression] [DELIMITER] [flags]
+
+For example, the following strings are valid:
+
+	/hellope/i
+	#hellope#i
+	•hellope•i
+	つhellopeつi
+
+The delimiter is determined by the very first rune in the string.
+The only restriction is that the delimiter cannot be `\`, as that rune is used
+to escape the delimiter if found in the middle of the string.
+
+All runes after the closing delimiter will be parsed as flags:
+
+- 'g': Global
+- 'm': Multiline
+- 'i': Case_Insensitive
+- 'x': Ignore_Whitespace
+- 'u': Unicode
+- 'n': No_Capture
+- '-': No_Optimization
+
+
+*Allocates Using Provided Allocators*
+
+Inputs:
+- pattern: The delimited pattern with optional flags to compile.
+- str: The string to match against.
+- permanent_allocator: The allocator to use for the final regular expression. (default: context.allocator)
+- temporary_allocator: The allocator to use for the intermediate compilation stages. (default: context.temp_allocator)
+
+Returns:
+- result: The regular expression.
+- err: An error, if one occurred.
+*/
+@require_results
+create_by_user :: proc(
+	pattern: string,
+	permanent_allocator := context.allocator,
+	temporary_allocator := context.temp_allocator,
+) -> (result: Regular_Expression, err: Error) {
+
+	if len(pattern) == 0 {
+		err = .Expected_Delimiter
+		return
+	}
+
+	delimiter: rune
+	start := -1
+	end := -1
+
+	flags: Flags
+
+	escaping: bool
+	parse_loop: for r, i in pattern {
+		if delimiter == 0 {
+			if r == '\\' {
+				err = .Bad_Delimiter
+				return
+			}
+			delimiter = r
+			continue parse_loop
+		}
+
+		if start == -1 {
+			start = i
+		}
+
+		if escaping {
+			escaping = false
+			continue parse_loop
+		}
+
+		switch r {
+		case '\\':
+			escaping = true
+		case delimiter:
+			end = i
+			break parse_loop
+		}
+	}
+
+	if end == -1 {
+		err = .Expected_Delimiter
+		return
+	}
+
+	// `start` is also the size of the delimiter, which is why it's being added
+	// to `end` here.
+	for r in pattern[start + end:] {
+		switch r {
+		case 'g': flags += { .Global }
+		case 'm': flags += { .Multiline }
+		case 'i': flags += { .Case_Insensitive }
+		case 'x': flags += { .Ignore_Whitespace }
+		case 'u': flags += { .Unicode }
+		case 'n': flags += { .No_Capture }
+		case '-': flags += { .No_Optimization }
+		case:
+			err = .Unknown_Flag
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	return create(pattern[start:end], flags, permanent_allocator, temporary_allocator)
+}
+
+/*
+Match a regular expression against a string and allocate the results into the
+returned `capture` structure.
+
+The resulting capture strings will be slices to the string `str`, not wholly
+copied strings, so they won't need to be individually deleted.
+
+*Allocates Using Provided Allocators*
+
+Inputs:
+- regex: The regular expression.
+- str: The string to match against.
+- permanent_allocator: The allocator to use for the capture results. (default: context.allocator)
+- temporary_allocator: The allocator to use for the virtual machine. (default: context.temp_allocator)
+
+Returns:
+- capture: The capture groups found in the string.
+- success: True if the regex matched the string.
+*/
+@require_results
+match_and_allocate_capture :: proc(
+	regex: Regular_Expression,
+	str: string,
+	permanent_allocator := context.allocator,
+	temporary_allocator := context.temp_allocator,
+) -> (capture: Capture, success: bool) {
+
+	saved: ^[2 * common.MAX_CAPTURE_GROUPS]int
+
+	{
+		context.allocator = temporary_allocator
+
+		vm := virtual_machine.create(regex.program, str)
+		vm.class_data = regex.class_data
+
+		if .Unicode in regex.flags {
+			saved, success = virtual_machine.run(&vm, true)
+		} else {
+			saved, success = virtual_machine.run(&vm, false)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if saved != nil {
+		context.allocator = permanent_allocator
+
+		num_groups := 0
+		#no_bounds_check for i := 0; i < len(saved); i += 2 {
+			a, b := saved[i], saved[i + 1]
+			if a == -1 || b == -1 {
+				continue
+			}
+			num_groups += 1
+		}
+
+		if num_groups > 0 {
+			capture.groups = make([]string, num_groups)
+			capture.pos = make([][2]int, num_groups)
+			n := 0
+
+			#no_bounds_check for i := 0; i < len(saved); i += 2 {
+				a, b := saved[i], saved[i + 1]
+				if a == -1 || b == -1 {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				capture.groups[n] = str[a:b]
+				capture.pos[n] = {a, b}
+				n += 1
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+Match a regular expression against a string and save the capture results into
+the provided `capture` structure.
+
+The resulting capture strings will be slices to the string `str`, not wholly
+copied strings, so they won't need to be individually deleted.
+
+*Allocates Using Provided Allocator*
+
+Inputs:
+- regex: The regular expression.
+- str: The string to match against.
+- capture: A pointer to a Capture structure with `groups` and `pos` already allocated.
+- temporary_allocator: The allocator to use for the virtual machine. (default: context.temp_allocator)
+
+Returns:
+- num_groups: The number of capture groups set into `capture`.
+- success: True if the regex matched the string.
+*/
+@require_results
+match_with_preallocated_capture :: proc(
+	regex: Regular_Expression,
+	str: string,
+	capture: ^Capture,
+	temporary_allocator := context.temp_allocator,
+) -> (num_groups: int, success: bool) {
+
+	assert(capture != nil, "Pre-allocated RegEx capture must not be nil.")
+	assert(len(capture.groups) >= common.MAX_CAPTURE_GROUPS,
+		"Pre-allocated RegEx capture `groups` must be at least 10 elements long.")
+	assert(len(capture.pos) >= common.MAX_CAPTURE_GROUPS,
+		"Pre-allocated RegEx capture `pos` must be at least 10 elements long.")
+
+	saved: ^[2 * common.MAX_CAPTURE_GROUPS]int
+
+	{
+		context.allocator = temporary_allocator
+
+		vm := virtual_machine.create(regex.program, str)
+		vm.class_data = regex.class_data
+
+		if .Unicode in regex.flags {
+			saved, success = virtual_machine.run(&vm, true)
+		} else {
+			saved, success = virtual_machine.run(&vm, false)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if saved != nil {
+		n := 0
+
+		#no_bounds_check for i := 0; i < len(saved); i += 2 {
+			a, b := saved[i], saved[i + 1]
+			if a == -1 || b == -1 {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			capture.groups[n] = str[a:b]
+			capture.pos[n] = {a, b}
+			n += 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+match :: proc {
+	match_and_allocate_capture,
+	match_with_preallocated_capture,
+}
+
+/*
+Allocate a `Capture` in advance for use with `match`. This can save some time
+if you plan on performing several matches at once and only need the results
+between matches.
+
+Inputs:
+- allocator: (default: context.allocator)
+
+Returns:
+- result: The `Capture` with the maximum number of groups allocated.
+*/
+@require_results
+preallocate_capture :: proc(allocator := context.allocator) -> (result: Capture) {
+	context.allocator = allocator
+	result.pos = make([][2]int, common.MAX_CAPTURE_GROUPS)
+	result.groups = make([]string, common.MAX_CAPTURE_GROUPS)
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+Free all data allocated by the `create*` procedures.
+
+*Frees Using Provided Allocator*
+
+Inputs:
+- regex: A regular expression.
+- allocator: (default: context.allocator)
+*/
+destroy_regex :: proc(regex: Regular_Expression, allocator := context.allocator) {
+	context.allocator = allocator
+	delete(regex.program)
+	for data in regex.class_data {
+		delete(data.runes)
+		delete(data.ranges)
+	}
+	delete(regex.class_data)
+}
+
+/*
+Free all data allocated by the `match_and_allocate_capture` procedure.
+
+*Frees Using Provided Allocator*
+
+Inputs:
+- capture: A Capture.
+- allocator: (default: context.allocator)
+*/
+destroy_capture :: proc(capture: Capture, allocator := context.allocator) {
+	context.allocator = allocator
+	delete(capture.groups)
+	delete(capture.pos)
+}
+
+destroy :: proc {
+	destroy_regex,
+	destroy_capture,
+}

core/text/regex/tokenizer/tokenizer.odin

@@ -0,0 +1,357 @@
+package regex_tokenizer
+
+/*
+	(c) Copyright 2024 Feoramund <rune@swevencraft.org>.
+	Made available under Odin's BSD-3 license.
+
+	List of contributors:
+		Feoramund: Initial implementation.
+*/
+
+import "core:text/regex/common"
+import "core:unicode/utf8"
+
+Token_Kind :: enum {
+	Invalid,
+	EOF,
+
+	Rune,
+	Wildcard,
+
+	Alternate,
+
+	Concatenate,
+
+	Repeat_Zero,
+	Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy,
+	Repeat_One,
+	Repeat_One_Non_Greedy,
+
+	Repeat_N,
+
+	Optional,
+	Optional_Non_Greedy,
+
+	Rune_Class,
+
+	Open_Paren,
+	Open_Paren_Non_Capture,
+	Close_Paren,
+
+	Anchor_Start,
+	Anchor_End,
+
+	Word_Boundary,
+	Non_Word_Boundary,
+}
+
+Token :: struct {
+	kind: Token_Kind,
+	text: string,
+	pos: int,
+}
+
+Tokenizer :: struct {
+	flags: common.Flags,
+	src: string,
+
+	ch: rune,
+	offset: int,
+	read_offset: int,
+
+	last_token_kind: Token_Kind,
+	held_token: Token,
+	error_state: Error,
+	paren_depth: int,
+}
+
+Error :: enum {
+	None,
+	Illegal_Null_Character,
+	Illegal_Codepoint,
+	Illegal_Byte_Order_Mark,
+}
+
+init :: proc(t: ^Tokenizer, str: string, flags: common.Flags) {
+	t.src = str
+	t.flags = flags
+	t.error_state = advance_rune(t)
+}
+
+peek_byte :: proc(t: ^Tokenizer, offset := 0) -> byte {
+	if t.read_offset+offset < len(t.src) {
+		return t.src[t.read_offset+offset]
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+advance_rune :: proc(t: ^Tokenizer) -> (err: Error) {
+	if t.error_state != nil {
+		return t.error_state
+	}
+
+	if t.read_offset < len(t.src) {
+		t.offset = t.read_offset
+		r, w := rune(t.src[t.read_offset]), 1
+		switch {
+		case r == 0:
+			err = .Illegal_Null_Character
+		case r >= utf8.RUNE_SELF:
+			r, w = utf8.decode_rune(t.src[t.read_offset:])
+			if r == utf8.RUNE_ERROR && w == 1 {
+				err = .Illegal_Codepoint
+			} else if r == utf8.RUNE_BOM && t.offset > 0 {
+				err = .Illegal_Byte_Order_Mark
+			}
+		}
+		t.read_offset += w
+		t.ch = r
+	} else {
+		t.offset = len(t.src)
+		t.ch = -1
+	}
+
+	t.error_state = err
+
+	return
+}
+
+@require_results
+scan_class :: proc(t: ^Tokenizer) -> (str: string, ok: bool) {
+	start := t.read_offset
+
+	for {
+		advance_rune(t)
+		if t.ch == -1 || t.error_state != nil {
+			return "", false
+		}
+
+		if t.ch == '\\' {
+			advance_rune(t)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if t.ch == ']' {
+			return t.src[start:t.offset], true
+		}
+	}
+
+	unreachable()
+}
+
+@require_results
+scan_repeat :: proc(t: ^Tokenizer) -> (str: string, ok: bool) {
+	start := t.read_offset
+
+	for {
+		advance_rune(t)
+		if t.ch == -1 {
+			return "", false
+		}
+		if t.ch == '}' {
+			return t.src[start:t.offset], true
+		}
+	}
+
+	unreachable()
+}
+
+@require_results
+scan_non_greedy :: proc(t: ^Tokenizer) -> bool {
+	if peek_byte(t) == '?' {
+		advance_rune(t)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+scan_comment :: proc(t: ^Tokenizer) {
+	for {
+		advance_rune(t)
+		switch t.ch {
+		case -1:
+			return
+		case '\n':
+			// UNIX newline.
+			advance_rune(t)
+			return
+		case '\r':
+			// Mac newline.
+			advance_rune(t)
+			if t.ch == '\n' {
+				// Windows newline.
+				advance_rune(t)
+			}
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+@require_results
+scan_non_capture_group :: proc(t: ^Tokenizer) -> bool {
+	if peek_byte(t) == '?' && peek_byte(t, 1) == ':' {
+		advance_rune(t)
+		advance_rune(t)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+@require_results
+scan :: proc(t: ^Tokenizer) -> (token: Token) {
+	kind: Token_Kind
+	lit: string
+	pos := t.offset
+
+	defer {
+		t.last_token_kind = token.kind
+	}
+
+	if t.error_state != nil {
+		t.error_state = nil
+		return { .Invalid, "", pos }
+	}
+
+	if t.held_token != {} {
+		popped := t.held_token
+		t.held_token = {}
+		
+		return popped
+	}
+
+	ch_loop: for {
+		switch t.ch {
+		case -1:
+			return { .EOF, "", pos }
+
+		case '\\':
+			advance_rune(t)
+
+			if t.ch == -1 {
+				return { .EOF, "", pos }
+			}
+
+			pos = t.offset
+
+			// @MetaCharacter
+			// NOTE: These must be kept in sync with the compiler.
+			DIGIT_CLASS :: "0-9"
+			SPACE_CLASS :: "\t\n\f\r "
+			WORD_CLASS  :: "0-9A-Z_a-z"
+
+			switch t.ch {
+			case 'b': kind = .Word_Boundary
+			case 'B': kind = .Non_Word_Boundary
+
+			case 'f': kind = .Rune; lit = "\f"
+			case 'n': kind = .Rune; lit = "\n"
+			case 'r': kind = .Rune; lit = "\r"
+			case 't': kind = .Rune; lit = "\t"
+
+			case 'd': kind = .Rune_Class; lit = DIGIT_CLASS
+			case 's': kind = .Rune_Class; lit = SPACE_CLASS
+			case 'w': kind = .Rune_Class; lit = WORD_CLASS
+			case 'D': kind = .Rune_Class; lit = "^" + DIGIT_CLASS
+			case 'S': kind = .Rune_Class; lit = "^" + SPACE_CLASS
+			case 'W': kind = .Rune_Class; lit = "^" + WORD_CLASS
+			case:
+				kind = .Rune
+				lit = t.src[t.offset:t.read_offset]
+			}
+
+		case '.':
+			kind = .Wildcard
+
+		case '|': kind = .Alternate
+
+		case '*': kind = .Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy if scan_non_greedy(t) else .Repeat_Zero
+		case '+': kind = .Repeat_One_Non_Greedy  if scan_non_greedy(t) else .Repeat_One
+		case '?': kind = .Optional_Non_Greedy    if scan_non_greedy(t) else .Optional
+
+		case '[':
+			if text, ok := scan_class(t); ok {
+				kind = .Rune_Class
+				lit = text
+			} else {
+				kind = .EOF
+			}
+
+		case '{':
+			if text, ok := scan_repeat(t); ok {
+				kind = .Repeat_N
+				lit = text
+			} else {
+				kind = .EOF
+			}
+
+		case '(':
+			kind = .Open_Paren_Non_Capture if scan_non_capture_group(t) else .Open_Paren
+			t.paren_depth += 1
+		case ')':
+			kind = .Close_Paren
+			t.paren_depth -= 1
+
+		case '^': kind = .Anchor_Start
+		case '$':
+			kind = .Anchor_End
+
+		case:
+			if .Ignore_Whitespace in t.flags {
+				switch t.ch {
+				case ' ', '\r', '\n', '\t', '\f':
+					advance_rune(t)
+					continue ch_loop
+				case:
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if t.ch == '#' && t.paren_depth == 0 {
+				scan_comment(t)
+				continue ch_loop
+			}
+
+			kind = .Rune
+			lit = t.src[t.offset:t.read_offset]
+		}
+
+		break ch_loop
+	}
+
+	if t.error_state != nil {
+		t.error_state = nil
+		return { .Invalid, "", pos }
+	}
+
+	advance_rune(t)
+
+	// The following set of rules dictate where Concatenate tokens are
+	// automatically inserted.
+	#partial switch kind {
+	case
+	.Close_Paren,
+	.Alternate,
+	.Optional,    .Optional_Non_Greedy,
+	.Repeat_Zero, .Repeat_Zero_Non_Greedy,
+	.Repeat_One,  .Repeat_One_Non_Greedy,
+	.Repeat_N:
+		// Never prepend a Concatenate before these tokens.
+		break
+	case:
+		#partial switch t.last_token_kind {
+		case
+		.Invalid,
+		.Open_Paren, .Open_Paren_Non_Capture,
+		.Alternate:
+			// Never prepend a Concatenate token when the _last token_ was one
+			// of these.
+			break
+		case:
+			t.held_token = { kind, lit, pos }
+			return { .Concatenate, "", pos }
+		}
+	}
+
+	return { kind, lit, pos }
+}

core/text/regex/virtual_machine/doc.odin

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+/*
+package regex_vm implements a threaded virtual machine for interpreting
+regular expressions, based on the designs described by Russ Cox and attributed
+to both Ken Thompson and Rob Pike.
+
+The virtual machine executes all threads in lock step, i.e. the string pointer
+does not advance until all threads have finished processing the current rune.
+The algorithm does not look backwards.
+
+Threads merge when splitting or jumping to positions already visited by another
+thread, based on the observation that each thread having visited one PC
+(Program Counter) state will execute identically to the previous thread.
+
+Each thread keeps a save state of its capture groups, and thread priority is
+used to allow higher precedence operations to complete first with correct save
+states, such as greedy versus non-greedy repetition.
+
+For more information, see: https://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp2.html
+
+
+**Implementation Details:**
+
+- Each opcode is 8 bits in size, and most instructions have no operands.
+
+- All operands larger than `u8` are read in system endian order.
+
+- Jump and Split instructions operate on absolute positions in `u16` operands.
+
+- Classes such as `[0-9]` are stored in a RegEx-specific slice of structs which
+  are then dereferenced by a `u8` index from the `Rune_Class` instructions.
+
+- Each Byte and Rune opcode have their operands stored inline after the opcode,
+  sized `u8` and `i32` respectively.
+
+- A bitmap is used to determine which PC positions are occupied by a thread to
+  perform merging. The bitmap is cleared with every new frame.
+
+- The VM supports two modes: ASCII and Unicode, decided by a compile-time
+  boolean constant argument provided to `run`. The procedure differs only in
+  string decoding. This was done for the sake of performance.
+
+- No allocations are ever freed; the VM expects an arena or temporary allocator
+  to be used in the context preceding it.
+
+
+**Opcode Reference:**
+
+	(0x00) Match
+
+	The terminal opcode which ends a thread. This always comes at the end of
+	the program.
+
+	(0x01) Match_And_Exit
+
+	A modified version of Match which stops the virtual machine entirely. It is
+	only compiled for `No_Capture` expressions, as those expressions do not
+	need to determine which thread may have saved the most appropriate capture
+	groups.
+
+	(0x02) Byte
+
+	Consumes one byte from the text using its operand, which is also a byte.
+
+	(0x03) Rune
+
+	Consumes one Unicode codepoint from the text using its operand, which is
+	four bytes long in a system-dependent endian order.
+
+	(0x04) Rune_Class
+
+	Consumes one character (which may be an ASCII byte or Unicode codepoint,
+	wholly dependent on which mode the virtual machine is running in) from the
+	text.
+
+	The actual data storing what runes and ranges of runes apply to the class
+	are stored alongside the program in the Regular_Expression structure and
+	the operand for this opcode is a single byte which indexes into a
+	collection of these data structures.
+
+	(0x05) Rune_Class_Negated
+
+	A modified version of Rune_Class that functions the same, save for how it
+	returns the opposite of what Rune_Class matches.
+
+	(0x06) Wildcard
+
+	Consumes one byte or one Unicode codepoint, depending on the VM mode.
+
+	(0x07) Jump
+
+	Sets the Program Counter of a VM thread to the operand, which is a u16.
+	This opcode is used to implement Alternation (coming at the end of the left
+	choice) and Repeat_Zero (to cause the thread to loop backwards).
+
+	(0x08) Split
+
+	Spawns a new thread for the X operand and causes the current thread to jump
+	to the Y operand. This opcode is used to implement Alternation, all the
+	Repeat variations, and the Optional nodes.
+
+	Splitting threads is how the virtual machine is able to execute optional
+	control flow paths, letting it evaluate different possible ways to match
+	text.
+
+	(0x09) Save
+
+	Saves the current string index to a slot on the thread dictated by the
+	operand. These values will be used later to reconstruct capture groups.
+
+	(0x0A) Assert_Start
+
+	Asserts that the thread is at the beginning of a string.
+
+	(0x0B) Assert_End
+
+	Asserts that the thread is at the end of a string.
+
+	(0x0C) Assert_Word_Boundary
+
+	Asserts that the thread is on a word boundary, which can be the start or
+	end of the text. This examines both the current rune and the next rune.
+
+	(0x0D) Assert_Non_Word_Boundary
+
+	A modified version of Assert_Word_Boundary that returns the opposite value.
+
+	(0x0E) Multiline_Open
+
+	This opcode is compiled in only when the `Multiline` flag is present, and
+	it replaces both `^` and `$` text anchors.
+
+	It asserts that either the current thread is on one of the string
+	boundaries, or it consumes a `\n` or `\r` character.
+
+	If a `\r` character is consumed, the PC will be advanced to the sibling
+	`Multiline_Close` opcode to optionally consume a `\n` character on the next
+	frame.
+
+	(0x0F) Multiline_Close
+
+	This opcode is always present after `Multiline_Open`.
+
+	It handles consuming the second half of a complete newline, if necessary.
+	For example, Windows newlines are represented by the characters `\r\n`,
+	whereas UNIX newlines are `\n` and Macintosh newlines are `\r`.
+
+	(0x10) Wait_For_Byte
+	(0x11) Wait_For_Rune
+	(0x12) Wait_For_Rune_Class
+	(0x13) Wait_For_Rune_Class_Negated
+
+	These opcodes are an optimization around restarting threads on failed
+	matches when the beginning to a pattern is predictable and the Global flag
+	is set.
+
+	They will cause the VM to wait for the next rune to match before splitting,
+	as would happen in the un-optimized version.
+
+	(0x14) Match_All_And_Escape
+
+	This opcode is an optimized version of `.*$` or `.+$` that causes the
+	active thread to immediately work on escaping the program by following all
+	Jumps out to the end.
+
+	While running through the rest of the program, the thread will trigger on
+	every Save instruction it passes to store the length of the string.
+
+	This way, any time a program hits one of these `.*$` constructs, the
+	virtual machine can exit early, vastly improving processing times.
+
+	Be aware, this opcode is not compiled in if the `Multiline` flag is on, as
+	the meaning of `$` changes with that flag.
+
+*/
+package regex_vm

core/text/regex/virtual_machine/util.odin

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+package regex_vm
+
+/*
+	(c) Copyright 2024 Feoramund <rune@swevencraft.org>.
+	Made available under Odin's BSD-3 license.
+
+	List of contributors:
+		Feoramund: Initial implementation.
+*/
+
+Opcode_Iterator :: struct {
+	code: Program,
+	pc: int,
+}
+
+iterate_opcodes :: proc(iter: ^Opcode_Iterator) -> (opcode: Opcode, pc: int, ok: bool) {
+	if iter.pc >= len(iter.code) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	opcode = iter.code[iter.pc]
+	pc = iter.pc
+	ok = true
+
+	switch opcode {
+	case .Match:                       iter.pc += size_of(Opcode)
+	case .Match_And_Exit:              iter.pc += size_of(Opcode)
+	case .Byte:                        iter.pc += size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8)
+	case .Rune:                        iter.pc += size_of(Opcode) + size_of(rune)
+	case .Rune_Class:                  iter.pc += size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8)
+	case .Rune_Class_Negated:          iter.pc += size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8)
+	case .Wildcard:                    iter.pc += size_of(Opcode)
+	case .Jump:                        iter.pc += size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u16)
+	case .Split:                       iter.pc += size_of(Opcode) + 2 * size_of(u16)
+	case .Save:                        iter.pc += size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8)
+	case .Assert_Start:                iter.pc += size_of(Opcode)
+	case .Assert_End:                  iter.pc += size_of(Opcode)
+	case .Assert_Word_Boundary:        iter.pc += size_of(Opcode)
+	case .Assert_Non_Word_Boundary:    iter.pc += size_of(Opcode)
+	case .Multiline_Open:              iter.pc += size_of(Opcode)
+	case .Multiline_Close:             iter.pc += size_of(Opcode)
+	case .Wait_For_Byte:               iter.pc += size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8)
+	case .Wait_For_Rune:               iter.pc += size_of(Opcode) + size_of(rune)
+	case .Wait_For_Rune_Class:         iter.pc += size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8)
+	case .Wait_For_Rune_Class_Negated: iter.pc += size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8)
+	case .Match_All_And_Escape:        iter.pc += size_of(Opcode)
+	case:
+		panic("Invalid opcode found in RegEx program.")
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+opcode_to_name :: proc(opcode: Opcode) -> (str: string) {
+	switch opcode {
+	case .Match:                       str = "Match"
+	case .Match_And_Exit:              str = "Match_And_Exit"
+	case .Byte:                        str = "Byte"
+	case .Rune:                        str = "Rune"
+	case .Rune_Class:                  str = "Rune_Class"
+	case .Rune_Class_Negated:          str = "Rune_Class_Negated"
+	case .Wildcard:                    str = "Wildcard"
+	case .Jump:                        str = "Jump"
+	case .Split:                       str = "Split"
+	case .Save:                        str = "Save"
+	case .Assert_Start:                str = "Assert_Start"
+	case .Assert_End:                  str = "Assert_End"
+	case .Assert_Word_Boundary:        str = "Assert_Word_Boundary"
+	case .Assert_Non_Word_Boundary:    str = "Assert_Non_Word_Boundary"
+	case .Multiline_Open:              str = "Multiline_Open"
+	case .Multiline_Close:             str = "Multiline_Close"
+	case .Wait_For_Byte:               str = "Wait_For_Byte"
+	case .Wait_For_Rune:               str = "Wait_For_Rune"
+	case .Wait_For_Rune_Class:         str = "Wait_For_Rune_Class"
+	case .Wait_For_Rune_Class_Negated: str = "Wait_For_Rune_Class_Negated"
+	case .Match_All_And_Escape:        str = "Match_All_And_Escape"
+	case:                              str = "<UNKNOWN>"
+	}
+
+	return
+}

core/text/regex/virtual_machine/virtual_machine.odin

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+package regex_vm
+
+/*
+	(c) Copyright 2024 Feoramund <rune@swevencraft.org>.
+	Made available under Odin's BSD-3 license.
+
+	List of contributors:
+		Feoramund: Initial implementation.
+*/
+
+import "base:intrinsics"
+@require import "core:io"
+import "core:slice"
+import "core:text/regex/common"
+import "core:text/regex/parser"
+import "core:unicode/utf8"
+
+Rune_Class_Range  :: parser.Rune_Class_Range
+
+// NOTE: This structure differs intentionally from the one in `regex/parser`,
+// as this data doesn't need to be a dynamic array once it hits the VM.
+Rune_Class_Data :: struct {
+	runes: []rune,
+	ranges: []Rune_Class_Range,
+}
+
+Opcode :: enum u8 {
+	                                    // | [ operands ]
+	Match                       = 0x00, // |
+	Match_And_Exit              = 0x01, // |
+	Byte                        = 0x02, // | u8
+	Rune                        = 0x03, // | i32
+	Rune_Class                  = 0x04, // | u8
+	Rune_Class_Negated          = 0x05, // | u8
+	Wildcard                    = 0x06, // |
+	Jump                        = 0x07, // | u16
+	Split                       = 0x08, // | u16, u16
+	Save                        = 0x09, // | u8
+	Assert_Start                = 0x0A, // |
+	Assert_End                  = 0x0B, // |
+	Assert_Word_Boundary        = 0x0C, // |
+	Assert_Non_Word_Boundary    = 0x0D, // |
+	Multiline_Open              = 0x0E, // |
+	Multiline_Close             = 0x0F, // |
+	Wait_For_Byte               = 0x10, // | u8
+	Wait_For_Rune               = 0x11, // | i32
+	Wait_For_Rune_Class         = 0x12, // | u8
+	Wait_For_Rune_Class_Negated = 0x13, // | u8
+	Match_All_And_Escape        = 0x14, // |
+}
+
+Thread :: struct {
+	pc: int,
+	saved: ^[2 * common.MAX_CAPTURE_GROUPS]int,
+}
+
+Program :: []Opcode
+
+Machine :: struct {
+	// Program state
+	memory: string,
+	class_data: []Rune_Class_Data,
+	code: Program,
+
+	// Thread state
+	top_thread: int,
+	threads: [^]Thread,
+	next_threads: [^]Thread,
+
+	// The busy map is used to merge threads based on their program counters.
+	busy_map: []u64,
+
+	// Global state
+	string_pointer: int,
+
+	current_rune: rune,
+	current_rune_size: int,
+	next_rune: rune,
+	next_rune_size: int,
+}
+
+
+// @MetaCharacter
+// NOTE: This must be kept in sync with the compiler & tokenizer.
+is_word_class :: #force_inline proc "contextless" (r: rune) -> bool {
+	switch r {
+	case '0'..='9', 'A'..='Z', '_', 'a'..='z':
+		return true
+	case:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+set_busy_map :: #force_inline proc "contextless" (vm: ^Machine, pc: int) -> bool #no_bounds_check {
+	slot := cast(u64)pc >> 6
+	bit: u64 = 1 << (cast(u64)pc & 0x3F)
+	if vm.busy_map[slot] & bit > 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	vm.busy_map[slot] |= bit
+	return true
+}
+
+check_busy_map :: #force_inline proc "contextless" (vm: ^Machine, pc: int) -> bool #no_bounds_check {
+	slot := cast(u64)pc >> 6
+	bit: u64 = 1 << (cast(u64)pc & 0x3F)
+	return vm.busy_map[slot] & bit > 0
+}
+
+add_thread :: proc(vm: ^Machine, saved: ^[2 * common.MAX_CAPTURE_GROUPS]int, pc: int) #no_bounds_check {
+	if check_busy_map(vm, pc) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	saved := saved
+	pc := pc
+
+	resolution_loop: for {
+		if !set_busy_map(vm, pc) {
+			return
+		}
+
+		when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+			io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "Thread [PC:")
+			common.write_padded_hex(common.debug_stream, pc, 4)
+			io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "] thinking about ")
+			io.write_string(common.debug_stream, opcode_to_name(vm.code[pc]))
+			io.write_rune(common.debug_stream, '\n')
+		}
+
+		#partial switch vm.code[pc] {
+		case .Jump:
+			pc = cast(int)intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^u16)&vm.code[pc + size_of(Opcode)])
+			continue
+
+		case .Split:
+			jmp_x := cast(int)intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^u16)&vm.code[pc + size_of(Opcode)])
+			jmp_y := cast(int)intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^u16)&vm.code[pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u16)])
+
+			add_thread(vm, saved, jmp_x)
+			pc = jmp_y
+			continue
+
+		case .Save:
+			new_saved := new([2 * common.MAX_CAPTURE_GROUPS]int)
+			new_saved ^= saved^
+			saved = new_saved
+
+			index := vm.code[pc + size_of(Opcode)]
+			sp := vm.string_pointer+vm.current_rune_size
+			saved[index] = sp
+
+			when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "Thread [PC:")
+				common.write_padded_hex(common.debug_stream, pc, 4)
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "] saving state: (slot ")
+				io.write_int(common.debug_stream, cast(int)index)
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, " = ")
+				io.write_int(common.debug_stream, sp)
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, ")\n")
+			}
+
+			pc += size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8)
+			continue
+
+		case .Assert_Start:
+			sp := vm.string_pointer+vm.current_rune_size
+			if sp == 0 {
+				pc += size_of(Opcode)
+				continue
+			}
+		case .Assert_End:
+			sp := vm.string_pointer+vm.current_rune_size
+			if sp == len(vm.memory) {
+				pc += size_of(Opcode)
+				continue
+			}
+		case .Multiline_Open:
+			sp := vm.string_pointer+vm.current_rune_size
+			if sp == 0 || sp == len(vm.memory) {
+				if vm.next_rune == '\r' || vm.next_rune == '\n' {
+					// The VM is currently on a newline at the string boundary,
+					// so consume the newline next frame.
+					when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+						io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "*** New thread added [PC:")
+						common.write_padded_hex(common.debug_stream, pc, 4)
+						io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "]\n")
+					}
+					vm.next_threads[vm.top_thread] = Thread{ pc = pc, saved = saved }
+					vm.top_thread += 1
+				} else {
+					// Skip the `Multiline_Close` opcode.
+					pc += 2 * size_of(Opcode)
+					continue
+				}
+			} else {
+				// Not on a string boundary.
+				// Try to consume a newline next frame in the other opcode loop.
+				when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+					io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "*** New thread added [PC:")
+					common.write_padded_hex(common.debug_stream, pc, 4)
+					io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "]\n")
+				}
+				vm.next_threads[vm.top_thread] = Thread{ pc = pc, saved = saved }
+				vm.top_thread += 1
+			}
+		case .Assert_Word_Boundary:
+			sp := vm.string_pointer+vm.current_rune_size
+			if sp == 0 || sp == len(vm.memory) {
+				pc += size_of(Opcode)
+				continue
+			} else {
+				last_rune_is_wc := is_word_class(vm.current_rune)
+				this_rune_is_wc := is_word_class(vm.next_rune)
+
+				if last_rune_is_wc && !this_rune_is_wc || !last_rune_is_wc && this_rune_is_wc {
+					pc += size_of(Opcode)
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+		case .Assert_Non_Word_Boundary:
+			sp := vm.string_pointer+vm.current_rune_size
+			if sp != 0 && sp != len(vm.memory) {
+				last_rune_is_wc := is_word_class(vm.current_rune)
+				this_rune_is_wc := is_word_class(vm.next_rune)
+
+				if last_rune_is_wc && this_rune_is_wc || !last_rune_is_wc && !this_rune_is_wc {
+					pc += size_of(Opcode)
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+
+		case .Wait_For_Byte:
+			operand := cast(rune)vm.code[pc + size_of(Opcode)]
+			if vm.next_rune == operand {
+				add_thread(vm, saved, pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8))
+			}
+
+			when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "*** New thread added [PC:")
+				common.write_padded_hex(common.debug_stream, pc, 4)
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "]\n")
+			}
+			vm.next_threads[vm.top_thread] = Thread{ pc = pc, saved = saved }
+			vm.top_thread += 1
+
+		case .Wait_For_Rune:
+			operand := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^rune)&vm.code[pc + size_of(Opcode)])
+			if vm.next_rune == operand {
+				add_thread(vm, saved, pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(rune))
+			}
+
+			when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "*** New thread added [PC:")
+				common.write_padded_hex(common.debug_stream, pc, 4)
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "]\n")
+			}
+			vm.next_threads[vm.top_thread] = Thread{ pc = pc, saved = saved }
+			vm.top_thread += 1
+
+		case .Wait_For_Rune_Class:
+			operand := cast(u8)vm.code[pc + size_of(Opcode)]
+			class_data := vm.class_data[operand]
+			next_rune := vm.next_rune
+
+			check: {
+				for r in class_data.runes {
+					if next_rune == r {
+						add_thread(vm, saved, pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8))
+						break check
+					}
+				}
+				for range in class_data.ranges {
+					if range.lower <= next_rune && next_rune <= range.upper {
+						add_thread(vm, saved, pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8))
+						break check
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "*** New thread added [PC:")
+				common.write_padded_hex(common.debug_stream, pc, 4)
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "]\n")
+			}
+			vm.next_threads[vm.top_thread] = Thread{ pc = pc, saved = saved }
+			vm.top_thread += 1
+
+		case .Wait_For_Rune_Class_Negated:
+			operand := cast(u8)vm.code[pc + size_of(Opcode)]
+			class_data := vm.class_data[operand]
+			next_rune := vm.next_rune
+
+			check_negated: {
+				for r in class_data.runes {
+					if next_rune == r {
+						break check_negated
+					}
+				}
+				for range in class_data.ranges {
+					if range.lower <= next_rune && next_rune <= range.upper {
+						break check_negated
+					}
+				}
+				add_thread(vm, saved, pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8))
+			}
+			when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "*** New thread added [PC:")
+				common.write_padded_hex(common.debug_stream, pc, 4)
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "]\n")
+			}
+			vm.next_threads[vm.top_thread] = Thread{ pc = pc, saved = saved }
+			vm.top_thread += 1
+
+		case:
+			when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "*** New thread added [PC:")
+				common.write_padded_hex(common.debug_stream, pc, 4)
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "]\n")
+			}
+			vm.next_threads[vm.top_thread] = Thread{ pc = pc, saved = saved }
+			vm.top_thread += 1
+		}
+
+		break resolution_loop
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+run :: proc(vm: ^Machine, $UNICODE_MODE: bool) -> (saved: ^[2 * common.MAX_CAPTURE_GROUPS]int, ok: bool) #no_bounds_check {
+	when UNICODE_MODE {
+		vm.next_rune, vm.next_rune_size = utf8.decode_rune_in_string(vm.memory)
+	} else {
+		if len(vm.memory) > 0 {
+			vm.next_rune = cast(rune)vm.memory[0]
+			vm.next_rune_size = 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+		io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "### Adding initial thread.\n")
+	}
+
+	{
+		starter_saved := new([2 * common.MAX_CAPTURE_GROUPS]int)
+		starter_saved ^= -1
+
+		add_thread(vm, starter_saved, 0)
+	}
+
+	// `add_thread` adds to `next_threads` by default, but we need to put this
+	// thread in the current thread buffer.
+	vm.threads, vm.next_threads = vm.next_threads, vm.threads
+
+	when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+		io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "### VM starting.\n")
+		defer io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "### VM finished.\n")
+	}
+
+	for {
+		slice.zero(vm.busy_map[:])
+
+		assert(vm.string_pointer <= len(vm.memory), "VM string pointer went out of bounds.")
+
+		current_rune := vm.next_rune
+		vm.current_rune = current_rune
+		vm.current_rune_size = vm.next_rune_size
+		when UNICODE_MODE {
+			vm.next_rune, vm.next_rune_size = utf8.decode_rune_in_string(vm.memory[vm.string_pointer+vm.current_rune_size:])
+		} else {
+			if vm.string_pointer+size_of(u8) < len(vm.memory) {
+				vm.next_rune = cast(rune)vm.memory[vm.string_pointer+size_of(u8)]
+				vm.next_rune_size = size_of(u8)
+			} else {
+				vm.next_rune = 0
+				vm.next_rune_size = 0
+			}
+		}
+
+		when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+			io.write_string(common.debug_stream, ">>> Dispatching rune: ")
+			io.write_encoded_rune(common.debug_stream, current_rune)
+			io.write_byte(common.debug_stream, '\n')
+		}
+
+		thread_count := vm.top_thread
+		vm.top_thread = 0
+		thread_loop: for i := 0; i < thread_count; i += 1 {
+			t := vm.threads[i]
+
+			when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "Thread [PC:")
+				common.write_padded_hex(common.debug_stream, t.pc, 4)
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "] stepping on ")
+				io.write_string(common.debug_stream, opcode_to_name(vm.code[t.pc]))
+				io.write_byte(common.debug_stream, '\n')
+			}
+
+			#partial opcode: switch vm.code[t.pc] {
+			case .Match:
+				when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+					io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "Thread matched!\n")
+				}
+				saved = t.saved
+				ok = true
+				break thread_loop
+
+			case .Match_And_Exit:
+				when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+					io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "Thread matched! (Exiting)\n")
+				}
+				return nil, true
+
+			case .Byte:
+				operand := cast(rune)vm.code[t.pc + size_of(Opcode)]
+				if current_rune == operand {
+					add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8))
+				}
+
+			case .Rune:
+				operand := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^rune)&vm.code[t.pc + size_of(Opcode)])
+				if current_rune == operand {
+					add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(rune))
+				}
+
+			case .Rune_Class:
+				operand := cast(u8)vm.code[t.pc + size_of(Opcode)]
+				class_data := vm.class_data[operand]
+
+				for r in class_data.runes {
+					if current_rune == r {
+						add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8))
+						break opcode
+					}
+				}
+				for range in class_data.ranges {
+					if range.lower <= current_rune && current_rune <= range.upper {
+						add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8))
+						break opcode
+					}
+				}
+
+			case .Rune_Class_Negated:
+				operand := cast(u8)vm.code[t.pc + size_of(Opcode)]
+				class_data := vm.class_data[operand]
+				for r in class_data.runes {
+					if current_rune == r {
+						break opcode
+					}
+				}
+				for range in class_data.ranges {
+					if range.lower <= current_rune && current_rune <= range.upper {
+						break opcode
+					}
+				}
+				add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8))
+
+			case .Wildcard:
+				add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + size_of(Opcode))
+
+			case .Multiline_Open:
+				if current_rune == '\n' {
+					// UNIX newline.
+					add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + 2 * size_of(Opcode))
+				} else if current_rune == '\r' {
+					if vm.next_rune == '\n' {
+						// Windows newline. (1/2)
+						add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + size_of(Opcode))
+					} else {
+						// Mac newline.
+						add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + 2 * size_of(Opcode))
+					}
+				}
+			case .Multiline_Close:
+				if current_rune == '\n' {
+					// Windows newline. (2/2)
+					add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + size_of(Opcode))
+				}
+
+			case .Wait_For_Byte:
+				operand := cast(rune)vm.code[t.pc + size_of(Opcode)]
+				if vm.next_rune == operand {
+					add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8))
+				}
+				when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+					io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "*** New thread added [PC:")
+					common.write_padded_hex(common.debug_stream, t.pc, 4)
+					io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "]\n")
+				}
+				vm.next_threads[vm.top_thread] = Thread{ pc = t.pc, saved = t.saved }
+				vm.top_thread += 1
+
+			case .Wait_For_Rune:
+				operand := intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^rune)&vm.code[t.pc + size_of(Opcode)])
+				if vm.next_rune == operand {
+					add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(rune))
+				}
+				when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+					io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "*** New thread added [PC:")
+					common.write_padded_hex(common.debug_stream, t.pc, 4)
+					io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "]\n")
+				}
+				vm.next_threads[vm.top_thread] = Thread{ pc = t.pc, saved = t.saved }
+				vm.top_thread += 1
+
+			case .Wait_For_Rune_Class:
+				operand := cast(u8)vm.code[t.pc + size_of(Opcode)]
+				class_data := vm.class_data[operand]
+				next_rune := vm.next_rune
+
+				check: {
+					for r in class_data.runes {
+						if next_rune == r {
+							add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8))
+							break check
+						}
+					}
+					for range in class_data.ranges {
+						if range.lower <= next_rune && next_rune <= range.upper {
+							add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8))
+							break check
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+					io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "*** New thread added [PC:")
+					common.write_padded_hex(common.debug_stream, t.pc, 4)
+					io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "]\n")
+				}
+				vm.next_threads[vm.top_thread] = Thread{ pc = t.pc, saved = t.saved }
+				vm.top_thread += 1
+
+			case .Wait_For_Rune_Class_Negated:
+				operand := cast(u8)vm.code[t.pc + size_of(Opcode)]
+				class_data := vm.class_data[operand]
+				next_rune := vm.next_rune
+
+				check_negated: {
+					for r in class_data.runes {
+						if next_rune == r {
+							break check_negated
+						}
+					}
+					for range in class_data.ranges {
+						if range.lower <= next_rune && next_rune <= range.upper {
+							break check_negated
+						}
+					}
+					add_thread(vm, t.saved, t.pc + size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8))
+				}
+				when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+					io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "*** New thread added [PC:")
+					common.write_padded_hex(common.debug_stream, t.pc, 4)
+					io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "]\n")
+				}
+				vm.next_threads[vm.top_thread] = Thread{ pc = t.pc, saved = t.saved }
+				vm.top_thread += 1
+
+			case .Match_All_And_Escape:
+				t.pc += size_of(Opcode)
+				// The point of this loop is to walk out of wherever this
+				// opcode lives to the end of the program, while saving the
+				// index to the length of the string at each pass on the way.
+				escape_loop: for {
+					#partial switch vm.code[t.pc] {
+					case .Match, .Match_And_Exit:
+						break escape_loop
+
+					case .Jump:
+						t.pc = cast(int)intrinsics.unaligned_load(cast(^u16)&vm.code[t.pc + size_of(Opcode)])
+
+					case .Save:
+						index := vm.code[t.pc + size_of(Opcode)]
+						t.saved[index] = len(vm.memory)
+						t.pc += size_of(Opcode) + size_of(u8)
+
+					case .Match_All_And_Escape:
+						// Layering these is fine.
+						t.pc += size_of(Opcode)
+
+					// If the loop has to process any opcode not listed above,
+					// it means someone did something odd like `a(.*$)b`, in
+					// which case, just fail. Technically, the expression makes
+					// no sense.
+					case:
+						break opcode
+					}
+				}
+
+				saved = t.saved
+				ok = true
+				return
+
+			case:
+				when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+					io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "Opcode: ")
+					io.write_int(common.debug_stream, cast(int)vm.code[t.pc])
+					io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "\n")
+				}
+				panic("Invalid opcode in RegEx thread loop.")
+			}
+		}
+
+		vm.threads, vm.next_threads = vm.next_threads, vm.threads
+
+		when common.ODIN_DEBUG_REGEX {
+			io.write_string(common.debug_stream, "<<< Frame ended. (Threads: ")
+			io.write_int(common.debug_stream, vm.top_thread)
+			io.write_string(common.debug_stream, ")\n")
+		}
+
+		if vm.string_pointer == len(vm.memory) || vm.top_thread == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		vm.string_pointer += vm.current_rune_size
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+opcode_count :: proc(code: Program) -> (opcodes: int) {
+	iter := Opcode_Iterator{ code, 0 }
+	for _ in iterate_opcodes(&iter) {
+		opcodes += 1
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+create :: proc(code: Program, str: string) -> (vm: Machine) {
+	assert(len(code) > 0, "RegEx VM has no instructions.")
+
+	vm.memory = str
+	vm.code = code
+
+	sizing := len(code) >> 6 + (1 if len(code) & 0x3F > 0 else 0)
+	assert(sizing > 0)
+	vm.busy_map = make([]u64, sizing)
+
+	max_possible_threads := max(1, opcode_count(vm.code) - 1)
+
+	vm.threads = make([^]Thread, max_possible_threads)
+	vm.next_threads = make([^]Thread, max_possible_threads)
+
+	return
+}

examples/all/all_main.odin

@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ import testing          "core:testing"
 import edit             "core:text/edit"
 import i18n             "core:text/i18n"
 import match            "core:text/match"
+import regex            "core:text/regex"
 import scanner          "core:text/scanner"
 import table            "core:text/table"
 
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ _ :: testing
 _ :: scanner
 _ :: i18n
 _ :: match
+_ :: regex
 _ :: table
 _ :: edit
 _ :: thread

tests/benchmark/all.odin

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ package benchmarks
 @(require) import "bytes"
 @(require) import "crypto"
 @(require) import "hash"
+@(require) import "text/regex"

tests/benchmark/text/regex/benchmark_regex.odin

@@ -0,0 +1,258 @@
+package benchmark_core_text_regex
+
+import "core:fmt"
+import "core:log"
+import "core:math/rand"
+import "core:mem"
+import "core:testing"
+import "core:text/regex"
+import "core:time"
+import "core:unicode/utf8"
+
+randomize_ascii :: proc(data: []u8) {
+	for i in 0..<len(data) {
+		data[i] = ' ' + cast(u8)rand.int_max(0x7F - ' ')
+	}
+}
+
+randomize_unicode :: proc(data: []u8) {
+	for i := 0; i < len(data); /**/ {
+		check_rune_loop: for {
+			r := cast(rune)rand.int_max(utf8.MAX_RUNE)
+			if !utf8.valid_rune(r) {
+				continue
+			}
+			if utf8.rune_size(r) > len(data) - i {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			r_data, size := utf8.encode_rune(r)
+			for j in 0..<size {
+				data[i+j] = r_data[j]
+			}
+
+			i += size
+			break check_rune_loop
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+sizes := [?]int {
+	2 * mem.Kilobyte,
+	32 * mem.Kilobyte,
+	64 * mem.Kilobyte,
+	256 * mem.Kilobyte,
+	0.50 * mem.Megabyte,
+	1.00 * mem.Megabyte,
+	2.00 * mem.Megabyte,
+}
+
+@test
+expensive_for_backtrackers :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	counts := [?]int {
+		8,
+		16,
+		32,
+		64,
+	}
+
+	report: string
+
+	for count in counts {
+		data := make([]u8, count)
+		pattern := make([]u8, 2 * count + count)
+		defer {
+			delete(data)
+			delete(pattern)
+		}
+		for i in 0..<2 * count {
+			pattern[i] = 'a' if i & 1 == 0 else '?'
+		}
+		for i in 2 * count..<2 * count + count {
+			pattern[i] = 'a'
+		}
+		for i in 0..<count {
+			data[i] = 'a'
+		}
+
+		rex, err := regex.create(cast(string)pattern)
+		if !testing.expect_value(t, err, nil) {
+			return
+		}
+		defer regex.destroy(rex)
+
+		str := cast(string)data
+
+		log.debug(rex, str)
+
+		start := time.now()
+		capture, ok := regex.match(rex, str)
+		done := time.since(start)
+		defer regex.destroy(capture)
+
+		if !testing.expect_value(t, ok, true) {
+			continue
+		}
+		testing.expect_value(t, capture.pos[0], [2]int{0, count})
+
+		rate := cast(int)(cast(f64)(count / 2) / (cast(f64)done / 1e9))
+		report = fmt.tprintf("%s\n        +++ [%i : %v : %M/s] Matched `a?^%ia^%i` against `a^%i`.", report, count, done, rate, count, count, count)
+	}
+	log.info(report)
+}
+
+@test
+global_capture_end_word :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	EXPR :: `Hellope World!`
+
+	rex, err := regex.create(EXPR, { .Global })
+	if !testing.expect_value(t, err, nil) {
+		return
+	}
+	defer regex.destroy(rex)
+
+	report := fmt.tprintf("Matching %q over a block of random ASCII text.", EXPR)
+
+	for size in sizes {
+		data := make([]u8, size)
+		defer delete(data)
+		randomize_ascii(data[:])
+
+		for r, i in EXPR {
+			data[len(data) - len(EXPR) + i] = cast(u8)r
+		}
+
+		str := cast(string)data
+
+		start := time.now()
+		capture, ok := regex.match(rex, str)
+		done := time.since(start)
+		defer regex.destroy(capture)
+
+		if !testing.expect_value(t, ok, true) {
+			continue
+		}
+		testing.expect_value(t, capture.pos[0], [2]int{size - len(EXPR), size})
+
+		rate := cast(int)(cast(f64)size / (cast(f64)done / 1e9))
+		report = fmt.tprintf("%s\n        +++ [%M : %v : %M/s]", report, size, done, rate)
+	}
+	log.info(report)
+}
+
+@test
+global_capture_end_word_unicode :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	EXPR :: `こにちは`
+	needle := string(EXPR)
+
+	rex, err := regex.create(EXPR, { .Global, .Unicode })
+	if !testing.expect_value(t, err, nil) {
+		return
+	}
+	defer regex.destroy(rex)
+
+	report := fmt.tprintf("Matching %q over a block of random Unicode text.", EXPR)
+
+	for size in sizes {
+		data := make([]u8, size)
+		defer delete(data)
+		randomize_unicode(data[:size - len(needle)])
+
+		for i := 0; i < len(needle); i += 1 {
+			data[len(data) - len(needle) + i] = needle[i]
+		}
+
+		str := cast(string)data
+
+		start := time.now()
+		capture, ok := regex.match(rex, str)
+		done := time.since(start)
+		defer regex.destroy(capture)
+
+		if !testing.expect_value(t, ok, true) {
+			continue
+		}
+		testing.expect_value(t, capture.groups[0], needle)
+
+		rate := cast(int)(cast(f64)size / (cast(f64)done / 1e9))
+		report = fmt.tprintf("%s\n        +++ [%M : %v : %M/s]", report, size, done, rate)
+	}
+	log.info(report)
+}
+
+
+@test
+alternations :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	EXPR :: `a(?:bb|cc|dd|ee|ff)`
+
+	rex, err := regex.create(EXPR, { .No_Capture, .Global })
+	if !testing.expect_value(t, err, nil) {
+		return
+	}
+	defer regex.destroy(rex)
+
+	report := fmt.tprintf("Matching %q over a text block of only `a`s.", EXPR)
+
+	for size in sizes {
+		data := make([]u8, size)
+		defer delete(data)
+		for i in 0..<size {
+			data[i] = 'a'
+		}
+
+		str := cast(string)data
+
+		start := time.now()
+		_, ok := regex.match(rex, str)
+		done := time.since(start)
+
+		testing.expect_value(t, ok, false)
+
+		rate := cast(int)(cast(f64)size / (cast(f64)done / 1e9))
+		report = fmt.tprintf("%s\n        +++ [%M : %v : %M/s]", report, size, done, rate)
+	}
+	log.info(report)
+}
+
+@test
+classes :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	EXPR :: `[\w\d]+`
+	NEEDLE :: "0123456789abcdef"
+
+	rex, err := regex.create(EXPR, { .Global })
+	if !testing.expect_value(t, err, nil) {
+		return
+	}
+	defer regex.destroy(rex)
+
+	report := fmt.tprintf("Matching %q over a string of spaces with %q at the end.", EXPR, NEEDLE)
+
+	for size in sizes {
+		data := make([]u8, size)
+		defer delete(data)
+
+		for i in 0..<size {
+			data[i] = ' '
+		}
+
+		for r, i in NEEDLE {
+			data[len(data) - len(NEEDLE) + i] = cast(u8)r
+		}
+
+		str := cast(string)data
+
+		start := time.now()
+		capture, ok := regex.match(rex, str)
+		done := time.since(start)
+		defer regex.destroy(capture)
+
+		if !testing.expect_value(t, ok, true) {
+			continue
+		}
+		testing.expect_value(t, capture.pos[0], [2]int{size - len(NEEDLE), size})
+
+		rate := cast(int)(cast(f64)size / (cast(f64)done / 1e9))
+		report = fmt.tprintf("%s\n        +++ [%M : %v : %M/s]", report, size, done, rate)
+	}
+	log.info(report)
+}

tests/core/normal.odin

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ download_assets :: proc() {
 @(require) import "sys/windows"
 @(require) import "text/i18n"
 @(require) import "text/match"
+@(require) import "text/regex"
 @(require) import "thread"
 @(require) import "time"
 @(require) import "unicode"