NSRegularExpression is backed by ICU’s uregex; there is no regex support in CF however since ICU is a pretty involved C API it would not be un-reasonable to create an accessor API to make certain behaviors easier to deal with in swift.
> On Jan 4, 2016, at 8:58 PM, Lukas Stabe via swift-corelibs-dev > <swift-corelibs-dev@swift.org> wrote: > > I have been thinking about trying to work on NSRegularExpression in > corelibs-foundation, although I am not yet sure I’ll have time for it. > > If I were to attempt it, am I correct in assuming that it should be based on > icus (u)regex.h? I have not found any Regex support in CoreFoundation. > > — Lukas > _______________________________________________ > swift-corelibs-dev mailing list > swift-corelibs-dev@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-corelibs-dev _______________________________________________ swift-corelibs-dev mailing list swift-corelibs-dev@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-corelibs-dev