Feature #1201: Add relative group reference in back reference with nest level in regular expressions (e.g. \k<-5+1>)

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
• Target version: 2.0.0

[WoNaDo (Wolfgang Nádasi-Donner)]

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It should be possible to use relative group references in back reference with nest level.

Reason: As named in Ticket 1200 relative group references can be very helpful in writing subexpessions, which can be used later on as often as necessary in one regular expression.

Unfortunately back references with nest level, \k<n+level>, \k, \k'n+level', and \k'n-level', do not allow relative group referencing, so they can only be used if one knows, how many normal groups are in the complete regular expression before the referenced group.

If there are relative group references possible, e.g. \k<-n+level>, \k<-n-level>, \k'-n+level', and \k'-n-level', these constructs can be used in subexpressions designed to be used more than once in a regular expression.
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[naruse (Yui NARUSE)]

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This feature depends on oniguruma.
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[marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune)]

• Assignee set to matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
• Target version changed from 1.9.1 to 2.0.0

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[shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe)]

• Status changed from Open to Assigned

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[naruse (Yui NARUSE)]

• Status changed from Assigned to Closed

Ruby 1.9.1 supports this through Oniguruma 5.9.1.