Typed and unambiguous pattern matching on strings using regular expressions

Claus Brabrand, Jakob G. Thomsen

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    Abstract

    We show how to achieve typed and unambiguous declarative
    pattern matching on strings using regular expressions
    extended with a simple recording operator.

    We give a characterization of ambiguity of regular expressions
    that leads to a sound and complete static analysis. The
    analysis is capable of pinpointing all ambiguities in terms of
    the structure of the regular expression and report shortest
    ambiguous strings. We also show how pattern matching can
    be integrated into statically typed programming languages
    for deconstructing strings and reproducing typed and structured
    values.

    We validate our approach by giving a full implementation
    of the approach presented in this paper. The resulting tool,
    reg-exp-rec, adds typed and unambiguous pattern matching
    to Java in a stand-alone and non-intrusive manner. We
    evaluate the approach using several realistic examples.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TitelProceedings of the 12th international ACM SIGPLAN symposium on Principles and practice of declarative programming
    Antal sider12
    ForlagAssociation for Computing Machinery
    Publikationsdato2010
    Sider243-254
    ISBN (Trykt)978-1-4503-0132-9
    StatusUdgivet - 2010
    BegivenhedInternational Conference on Principles and Practice of Declarative Programming (PPDP 2010) - Hagenberg, Østrig
    Varighed: 26 jul. 201028 jul. 2010
    Konferencens nummer: 12th
    http://www.risc.jku.at/conferences/ppdp2010/

    Konference

    KonferenceInternational Conference on Principles and Practice of Declarative Programming (PPDP 2010)
    Nummer12th
    Land/OmrådeØstrig
    ByHagenberg
    Periode26/07/201028/07/2010
    Internetadresse

    Emneord

    • Typed pattern matching
    • Regular expressions
    • Ambiguity analysis
    • Static analysis
    • Statically typed languages

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