beginnings of regular expression library.
will move elsewhere when more complete.
parses, does not execute.
no character classes yet.

R=rsc
DELTA=522  (522 added, 0 deleted, 0 changed)
OCL=16863
CL=16874
diff --git a/usr/r/regexp/Makefile b/usr/r/regexp/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac466a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/r/regexp/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+# license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+A=6
+G=$(A)g
+L=$(A)l
+
+all: main
+
+main:	main.6
+	$L -o main main.6
+
+main.6: regexp.6
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.6 main
+
+%.6:	%.go
+	$G $<
diff --git a/usr/r/regexp/main.go b/usr/r/regexp/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d723d87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/r/regexp/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os";
+	"regexp";
+)
+
+func main() {
+	str := "a*b*c*";
+	if sys.argc() > 1 {
+		str = sys.argv(1);
+	}
+	re, err := regexp.Compile(str);
+	if err != nil {
+		print("error: ", err.String(), "\n");
+		sys.exit(1);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/usr/r/regexp/regexp.go b/usr/r/regexp/regexp.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ee754e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/r/regexp/regexp.go
@@ -0,0 +1,489 @@
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Regular expression library.
+
+package regexp
+
+import os "os"
+
+export var ErrUnimplemented = os.NewError("unimplemented");
+export var ErrInternal = os.NewError("internal error");
+export var ErrUnmatchedLpar = os.NewError("unmatched '('");
+export var ErrUnmatchedRpar = os.NewError("unmatched ')'");
+export var ErrExtraneousBackslash = os.NewError("extraneous backslash");
+export var ErrEmpty = os.NewError("empty subexpression or alternation");
+export var ErrBadClosure = os.NewError("repeated closure (**, ++, etc.)");
+export var ErrBareClosure = os.NewError("closure applies to nothing");
+export var ErrBadBackslash = os.NewError("illegal backslash escape");
+
+// An instruction executed by the NFA
+type Inst interface {
+	Type()	int;	// the type of this instruction: CHAR, ANY, etc.
+	This()	int;	// the index of this instruction
+	Next()	int;	// the index of the instruction to execute after this one
+	SetThis(i int);
+	SetNext(i int);
+	Print(ind string);
+}
+
+type RE struct {
+	expr	string;	// the original expression
+	ch	*chan<- *RE;	// reply channel when we're done
+	error *os.Error;	// compile- or run-time error; nil if OK
+	ninst	int;
+	inst *[]Inst;
+	start	Inst;
+}
+
+const (
+	START	// beginning of program: marker to start
+		= iota;
+	END;		// end of program: success
+	BOT;		// '^' beginning of text
+	EOT;		// '$' end of text
+	CHAR;	// 'a' regular character
+	ANY;		// '.' any character
+	BRA;		// '(' parenthesized expression
+	EBRA;	// ')'; end of '(' parenthesized expression
+	ALT;		// '|' alternation
+	NOP;		// do nothing; makes it easy to link without patching
+)
+
+// --- START start of program
+type Start struct {
+	this	int;
+	next	int;
+}
+
+func (start *Start) Type() int { return START }
+func (start *Start) This() int { return start.this }
+func (start *Start) Next() int { return start.next }
+func (start *Start) SetThis(i int) { start.this = i }
+func (start *Start) SetNext(i int) { start.next = i }
+func (start *Start) Print(ind string) { print(ind, "start") }
+
+// --- END end of program
+type End struct {
+	this	int;
+	next	int;
+}
+
+func (end *End) Type() int { return END }
+func (end *End) This() int { return end.this }
+func (end *End) Next() int { return end.next }
+func (end *End) SetThis(i int) { end.this = i }
+func (end *End) SetNext(i int) { end.next = i }
+func (end *End) Print(ind string) { print(ind, "end") }
+
+// --- BOT beginning of text
+type Bot struct {
+	this	int;
+	next	int;
+}
+
+func (bot *Bot) Type() int { return BOT }
+func (bot *Bot) This() int { return bot.this }
+func (bot *Bot) Next() int { return bot.next }
+func (bot *Bot) SetThis(i int) { bot.this = i }
+func (bot *Bot) SetNext(i int) { bot.next = i }
+func (bot *Bot) Print(ind string) { print(ind, "bot") }
+
+// --- EOT end of text
+type Eot struct {
+	this	int;
+	next	int;
+}
+
+func (eot *Eot) Type() int { return EOT }
+func (eot *Eot) This() int { return eot.this }
+func (eot *Eot) Next() int { return eot.next }
+func (eot *Eot) SetThis(i int) { eot.this = i }
+func (eot *Eot) SetNext(i int) { eot.next = i }
+func (eot *Eot) Print(ind string) { print(ind, "eot") }
+
+// --- CHAR a regular character
+type Char struct {
+	this	int;
+	next	int;
+	char	int;
+	set	bool;
+}
+
+func (char *Char) Type() int { return CHAR }
+func (char *Char) This() int { return char.this }
+func (char *Char) Next() int { return char.next }
+func (char *Char) SetThis(i int) { char.this = i }
+func (char *Char) SetNext(i int) { char.next = i }
+func (char *Char) Print(ind string) { print(ind, "char ", string(char.char)) }
+
+func NewChar(char int) *Char {
+	c := new(Char);
+	c.char = char;
+	return c;
+}
+
+// --- ANY any character
+type Any struct {
+	this	int;
+	next	int;
+}
+
+func (any *Any) Type() int { return ANY }
+func (any *Any) This() int { return any.this }
+func (any *Any) Next() int { return any.next }
+func (any *Any) SetThis(i int) { any.this = i }
+func (any *Any) SetNext(i int) { any.next = i }
+func (any *Any) Print(ind string) { print(ind, "any") }
+
+// --- BRA parenthesized expression
+type Bra struct {
+	this	int;
+	next	int;
+}
+
+func (bra *Bra) Type() int { return BRA }
+func (bra *Bra) This() int { return bra.this }
+func (bra *Bra) Next() int { return bra.next }
+func (bra *Bra) SetThis(i int) { bra.this = i }
+func (bra *Bra) SetNext(i int) { bra.next = i }
+func (bra *Bra) Print(ind string) { print(ind , "bra"); }
+
+// --- EBRA end of parenthesized expression
+type Ebra struct {
+	this	int;
+	next	int;
+	n	int;	// subexpression number
+}
+
+func (ebra *Ebra) Type() int { return BRA }
+func (ebra *Ebra) This() int { return ebra.this }
+func (ebra *Ebra) Next() int { return ebra.next }
+func (ebra *Ebra) SetThis(i int) { ebra.this = i }
+func (ebra *Ebra) SetNext(i int) { ebra.next = i }
+func (ebra *Ebra) Print(ind string) { print(ind , "ebra ", ebra.n); }
+
+// --- ALT alternation
+type Alt struct {
+	this	int;
+	next	int;
+	left	int;	// other branch
+}
+
+func (alt *Alt) Type() int { return ALT }
+func (alt *Alt) This() int { return alt.this }
+func (alt *Alt) Next() int { return alt.next }
+func (alt *Alt) SetThis(i int) { alt.this = i }
+func (alt *Alt) SetNext(i int) { alt.next = i }
+func (alt *Alt) Print(ind string) { print(ind , "alt(", alt.left, ")"); }
+
+// --- NOP no operation
+type Nop struct {
+	this	int;
+	next	int;
+}
+
+func (nop *Nop) Type() int { return NOP }
+func (nop *Nop) This() int { return nop.this }
+func (nop *Nop) Next() int { return nop.next }
+func (nop *Nop) SetThis(i int) { nop.this = i }
+func (nop *Nop) SetNext(i int) { nop.next = i }
+func (nop *Nop) Print(ind string) { print(ind, "nop") }
+
+
+func (re *RE) AddInst(inst Inst) int {
+	if re.ninst >= cap(re.inst) {
+		panic("write the code to grow inst")
+	}
+	re.inst[re.ninst] = inst;
+	i := re.ninst;
+	inst.SetThis(re.ninst);
+	re.ninst++;
+	inst.SetNext(re.ninst);
+	return i;
+}
+
+// report error and exit compiling/executing goroutine
+func (re *RE) Error(err *os.Error) {
+	re.error = err;
+	re.ch <- re;
+	sys.goexit();
+}
+
+type Parser struct {
+	re	*RE;
+	nbra	int;
+	pos	int;
+	ch	int;
+}
+
+const EOF = -1
+
+func (p *Parser) c() int {
+	return p.ch;
+}
+
+func (p *Parser) nextc() int {
+	if p.pos >= len(p.re.expr) {
+		p.ch = EOF
+	} else {
+		c, w := sys.stringtorune(p.re.expr, p.pos);	// TODO: stringotorune shoudl take a string*
+		p.ch = c;
+		p.pos += w;
+	}
+	return p.ch;
+}
+
+func NewParser(re *RE) *Parser {
+	parser := new(Parser);
+	parser.re = re;
+	parser.nextc();	// load p.ch
+	return parser;
+}
+
+/*
+
+Grammar:
+	regexp:
+		concatenation { '|' concatenation }
+	concatenation:
+		{ closure }
+	closure:
+		term { '*' | '+' | '?' }
+	term:
+		'.'
+		character
+		characterclass
+		'(' regexp ')'
+
+*/
+
+func (p *Parser) Regexp() (start, end int)
+
+const NULL = -1
+
+func special(c int) bool {
+	s := `\.+*?()|[-]`;
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		if c == int(s[i]) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (p *Parser) Term() (start, end int) {
+	switch c := p.c(); c {
+	case ')', '|', EOF:
+		return NULL, NULL;
+	case '*', '+', '|':
+		p.re.Error(ErrBareClosure);
+	case '.':
+		p.nextc();
+		start = p.re.AddInst(new(Any));
+		return start, start;
+	case '(':
+		p.nextc();
+		start, end = p.Regexp();
+		if p.c() != ')' {
+			p.re.Error(ErrUnmatchedLpar);
+		}
+		p.nextc();
+		p.nbra++;
+		bra := new(Bra);
+		brai := p.re.AddInst(bra);
+		ebra := new(Ebra);
+		ebrai := p.re.AddInst(ebra);
+		ebra.n = p.nbra;
+		if start == NULL {
+			if end != NULL { p.re.Error(ErrInternal) }
+			start = ebrai
+		} else {
+			p.re.inst[end].SetNext(ebrai);
+		}
+		bra.SetNext(start);
+		return brai, ebrai;
+	case '\\':
+		c = p.nextc();
+		switch {
+		case c == EOF:
+			p.re.Error(ErrExtraneousBackslash);
+		case c == 'n':
+			c = '\n';
+		case special(c):
+			// c is as delivered
+		default:
+			p.re.Error(ErrBadBackslash);
+		}
+		fallthrough;
+	default:
+		p.nextc();
+		start = p.re.AddInst(NewChar(c));
+		return start, start
+	}
+	panic("unreachable");
+}
+
+func (p *Parser) Closure() (start, end int) {
+	start, end = p.Term();
+	if start == NULL {
+		return start, end
+	}
+	switch p.c() {
+	case '*':
+		// (start,end)*:
+		alt := new(Alt);
+		alti := p.re.AddInst(alt);
+		p.re.inst[end].SetNext(alti);	// after end, do alt
+		alt.left = start;	// alternate brach: return to start
+		start = alti;	// alt becomes new (start, end)
+		end = alti;
+	case '+':
+		// (start,end)+:
+		alt := new(Alt);
+		alti := p.re.AddInst(alt);
+		p.re.inst[end].SetNext(alti);	// after end, do alt
+		alt.left = start;	// alternate brach: return to start
+		end = alti;	// start is unchanged; end is alt
+	case '?':
+		// (start,end)?:
+		alt := new(Alt);
+		alti := p.re.AddInst(alt);
+		nop := new(Nop);
+		nopi := p.re.AddInst(nop);
+		alt.left = start;	// alternate branch is start
+		alt.next = nopi;	// follow on to nop
+		p.re.inst[end].SetNext(nopi);	// after end, go to nop
+		start = alti;	// start is now alt
+		end = nopi;	// end is nop pointed to by both branches
+	default:
+		return start, end;
+	}
+	switch p.nextc() {
+	case '*', '+', '?':
+		p.re.Error(ErrBadClosure);
+	}
+	return start, end;
+}
+
+func (p *Parser) Concatenation() (start, end int) {
+	start, end = NULL, NULL;
+	for {
+		nstart, nend := p.Closure();
+		switch {
+		case nstart == NULL:	// end of this concatenation
+			return start, end;
+		case start == NULL:	// this is first element of concatenation
+			start, end = nstart, nend;
+		default:
+			p.re.inst[end].SetNext(nstart);
+			end = nend;
+		}
+	}
+	panic("unreachable");
+}
+
+func (p *Parser) Regexp() (start, end int) {
+	start, end = p.Concatenation();
+	if start == NULL {
+		return NULL, NULL
+	}
+	for {
+		switch p.c() {
+		default:
+			return start, end;
+		case '|':
+			p.nextc();
+			nstart, nend := p.Concatenation();
+			// xyz|(nothing) is xyz or nop
+			if nstart == NULL {
+				nopi := p.re.AddInst(new(Nop));
+				nstart, nend = nopi, nopi;
+			}
+			alt := new(Alt);
+			alti := p.re.AddInst(alt);
+			alt.left = start;
+			alt.next = nstart;
+			nop := new(Nop);
+			nopi := p.re.AddInst(nop);
+			p.re.inst[end].SetNext(nopi);
+			p.re.inst[nend].SetNext(nopi);
+			start, end = alti, nopi;
+		}
+	}
+	panic("unreachable");
+}
+
+func (re *RE) UnNop(i int) int {
+	for re.inst[i].Type() == NOP {
+		i = re.inst[i].Next()
+	}
+	return i
+}
+
+func (re *RE) EliminateNops() {
+	for i := 0; i < re.ninst - 1; i++ {	// last one is END
+		inst := re.inst[i];
+		inst.SetNext(re.UnNop(inst.Next()));
+		if inst.Type() == ALT {
+			alt := inst.(*Alt);
+			alt.left = re.UnNop(alt.left)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (re *RE) DoParse() {
+	parser := NewParser(re);
+	start := new(Start);
+	starti := re.AddInst(start);
+	s, e := parser.Regexp();
+	if s == NULL {
+		if e != NULL { re.Error(ErrInternal) }
+		e = starti;
+	}
+	start.next = s;
+	re.inst[e].SetNext(re.AddInst(new(End)));
+
+	for i := 0; i < re.ninst; i++ {
+		inst := re.inst[i];
+		print(i, ":\t");
+		inst.Print("\t");
+		print(" -> ", inst.Next(), "\n");
+	}
+	println();
+
+	re.EliminateNops();
+
+	for i := 0; i < re.ninst; i++ {
+		inst := re.inst[i];
+		print(i, ":\t");
+		inst.Print("\t");
+		print(" -> ", inst.Next(), "\n");
+	}
+	println();
+
+	re.Error(ErrUnimplemented);
+}
+
+func Compiler(str string, ch *chan *RE) {
+	re := new(RE);
+	re.inst = new([]Inst, 100);
+	re.expr = str;
+	re.ch = ch;
+	re.DoParse();
+	ch <- re;
+}
+
+// Public interface has only execute functionality (not yet implemented)
+export type Regexp interface {
+	// Execute() bool
+}
+
+// compile in separate goroutine; wait for result
+export func Compile(str string) (regexp Regexp, error *os.Error) {
+	ch := new(chan *RE);
+	go Compiler(str, ch);
+	re := <-ch;
+	return re, re.error
+}