C++: what regex library should I use?
I'm working on a commercial (not open source) C++ project that runs on a linux-based system. I need to do some regex within the C++ code. (I know: I now have 2 problems.)
QUESTION: What libraries do people who regularly do regex from C/C++ recommend I look into? A quick search has brought the following to my attention:
1) Boost.Regex (I need to go read the Boost Software License, but this question is not about software licenses)
2) C (not C++) POSIX regex (#include <regex.h>, regcomp, regexec, etc.)
3) http://freshmeat.net/projects/cpp_regex/ (I know nothing about this one; seems to be GPL, therefore not usable on this project)
Answer
Boost.Regex is very good and is slated to become part of the C++0x standard (it's already in TR1).
Personally, I find Boost.Xpressive much nicer to work with. It is a header-only library and it has some nice features such as static regexes (regexes compiled at compile time).
Update: If you're using a C++11 compliant compiler (gcc 4.8 is NOT!), use std::regex unless you have good reason to use something else.