JavaScript regex is limited

[kritixilithos]

The title says it all. For example, lookbehinds are not supported in JS regex. And since Carrot is a string-based language that relies on regex, JS regex will only limit Carrot. To fix this, either I need to create an interpreter in Java, or create a regex engine myself (both of which are unlikely). This is undecided at the moment, probably will look into it once Carrot has more functions.

[somebody1234]

If you don't mind porting to node then perl-regex would work

[somebody1234]

It doesn't seem that hard to port to Java though (although clearly Perl regex is superior :P)

[kritixilithos]

@somebody1234 It is written in node as of now

[kritixilithos]

Ehh, Java is unlikely now, I gotten use to JS's hackiness :P Thanks I will take a look into that package

[somebody1234]

BTW, it's just Perl 5 bindings