pcre++ ☆

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Description:
C++ wrapper for the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 3, 2024

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: regex c++ parsing text-processing library

Install: brew install pcre++

About:
pcre++ provides a C++ object-oriented interface to the PCRE library, enabling developers to use Perl-compatible regular expressions in C++ applications with greater ease and safety. It wraps PCRE's C API in classes that manage memory and resources automatically, reducing boilerplate code and potential errors. Its main value is offering a more idiomatic and maintainable way to integrate powerful regex functionality into C++ projects.

Key Features:

Object-oriented C++ wrapper for PCRE C library
Automatic memory management for regex patterns and matches
Simplified API for common regex operations (matching, searching, replacing)
Support for Perl-compatible regex syntax and features
Error handling via C++ exceptions

Use Cases:

Parsing and validating complex text formats in C++ applications
Implementing search-and-replace or text extraction features in software
Writing C++ tools that require advanced pattern matching (e.g., log analyzers, data cleaners)

Alternatives:

std::regex – Standard C++11 library alternative; less feature-rich than PCRE but portable.
Boost.Regex – Another C++ wrapper for PCRE; part of Boost, more widely maintained than pcre++.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 3, 2024 7:52pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	4037d605