Regex search/replace support - #2

README.md

@@ -174,15 +174,17 @@ The following keys apply to library source code (before processing) and generate
 
 ```create``` = create a file at exact location with contents specified. File needs to be in the _[n.exclude]_ list in order to be created.
 
+```pipe``` = execute a command on a file and store the output of the command as the new file contents. E.g. pipe = "cat $file | grep 'static inline'"
+
 ```search``` = search string providing context for following prepend/append/replace directives
 
-```pipe``` = execute a command on a file and store the output of the command as the new file contents. Ex: pipe = "cat $file | grep 'static inline'"
+```regex``` = regex search string providing context for the following replace directive. Specify using """ to avoid regex parsing issues
 
 ```prepend``` = string value to prepend into file at beginning or before search
 
 ```append``` = string value to append into file at the end or after search
 
-```replace``` = string value to replace search string in file
+```replace``` = string value to replace search string in file. Regex captures can be referred to using $1, $2, etc.
 
 ```comment``` = number of lines to comment from search location
 

src/nimgen/c2nim.nim

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ proc c2nim*(fl, outfile: string, c2nimConfig: c2nimConfigObj) =
       discard
 
   # Nim doesn't like {.cdecl.} for type proc()
-  freplace(outfile, re"(?m)(.*? = proc.*?)\{.cdecl.\}", "$#")
+  freplace(outfile, re"(?m)(.*? = proc.*?)\{.cdecl.\}", "$1")
   freplace(outfile, " {.cdecl.})", ")")
 
   # Include {.compile.} directives

src/nimgen/fileops.nim

@@ -38,13 +38,7 @@ proc freplace*(file: string, pattern: string, repl="") =
 
 proc freplace*(file: string, pattern: Regex, repl="") =
   withFile(file):
-    var m: RegexMatch
-    if content.find(pattern, m):
-      if "$#" in repl:
-        content = content.replace(pattern,
-          proc (m: RegexMatch, s: string): string = repl % s[m.group(0)[0]])
-      else:
-        content = content.replace(pattern, repl)
+    content = content.replace(pattern, repl)
 
 proc comment*(file: string, pattern: string, numlines: string) =
   let

src/nimgen/gencore.nim

@@ -4,24 +4,16 @@ import file, globals
 
 proc addEnv*(str: string): string =
   var newStr = str
-  for pair in envPairs():
-    try:
-      newStr = newStr % [pair.key, pair.value.string]
-    except ValueError:
-      # Ignore if there are no values to replace. We
-      # want to continue anyway
-      discard
 
-  try:
+  if "$output" in newStr or "${output}" in newStr:
     newStr = newStr % ["output", gOutput]
-  except ValueError:
-    # Ignore if there are no values to replace. We
-    # want to continue anyway
-    discard
 
-  # if there are still format args, print a warning
-  if newStr.contains("$") and not newStr.contains("$replace("):
-    echo "WARNING: \"", newStr, "\" still contains an uninterpolated value!"
+  for pair in envPairs():
+    if pair.key.len() == 0:
+      continue
+
+    if ("$" & pair.key) in newStr or ("${" & pair.key & "}") in newStr:
+      newStr = newStr % [pair.key, pair.value.string]
 
   return newStr
 

src/nimgen/runcfg.nim

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ proc runFile*(file: string, cfgin: OrderedTableRef = newOrderedTable[string, str
 
   var
     srch = ""
+    rgx = ""
 
     c2nimConfig = c2nimConfigObj(
       flags: "--stdcall", ppflags: "",
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ proc runFile*(file: string, cfgin: OrderedTableRef = newOrderedTable[string, str
         elif action == "replace":
           if srch != "":
             freplace(sfile, cfg[srch], cfg[act])
+          elif rgx != "":
+            freplace(sfile, toPattern(cfg[rgx]), cfg[act])
         elif action == "comment":
           if srch != "":
             comment(sfile, cfg[srch], cfg[act])
@@ -92,8 +95,11 @@ proc runFile*(file: string, cfgin: OrderedTableRef = newOrderedTable[string, str
         elif action == "pipe":
           pipe(sfile, cfg[act])
         srch = ""
+        rgx = ""
       elif action == "search":
         srch = act
+      elif action == "regex":
+        rgx = act
 
   if file.splitFile().ext != ".nim":
     var
@@ -131,11 +137,11 @@ proc runFile*(file: string, cfgin: OrderedTableRef = newOrderedTable[string, str
     fixFuncProtos(sfile)
 
     let outfile = getNimout(sfile)
+    var incout = ""
     if c2nimConfig.recurse or c2nimConfig.inline:
       var
         cfg = newOrderedTable[string, string]()
         incls = getIncls(sfile)
-        incout = ""
 
       for name, value in c2nimConfig.fieldPairs:
         when value is string:
@@ -154,12 +160,12 @@ proc runFile*(file: string, cfgin: OrderedTableRef = newOrderedTable[string, str
         if c2nimConfig.recurse:
           incout &= "import $#\n" % inc.search().getNimout()[0 .. ^5]
 
-      if c2nimConfig.recurse and incout.len() != 0:
-        prepend(outfile, incout)
-
     if not noprocess:
       c2nim(file, outfile, c2nimConfig)
 
+      if c2nimConfig.recurse and incout.len() != 0:
+        prepend(outfile, incout)
+
     if reset:
       gitCheckout(sfile)