Mark> We did have to expand the normal syntax; the direction we chose was
Mark> to allow positive or negative matches against unicode character
Mark> properties within a character range list. (I think we also
Mark> considered adding block names.)
Indeed. I made up the "\p" and "\P" constructs which, followed by a list of
character property numbers, expands into an appropriate character class.
For example, the RE construct (assuming 7 == decimal digits and 15 == currency
symbols) "\p7,15" would expand into a character class containing all decimal
digits and currency symbols, and "\P7,15" would expand to every character
*except* the decimal digits and currency numbers. Their appearance within
*another* character class means they are unioned with the other characters
contained in the class.
A bit awkward syntactically, but it provides very fine control over matching.
Character classes can be specified in the usual RE manner containing ranges
specified as the UCS2 codes themselves or in Java form, \uXXXX.
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