Re: [Boost-users] [Regex] This pattern compiles fine for Perl and PCRE but not for Boost Regex

On 10/18/2010 10:23 AM, David Dawe wrote:

Boost Regex fails to compile a regular expression such as "{abc}" with the error "Invalid content of repeat range". However, both Perl and PCRE accept the regular expression, treating the "{" as a literal character.

FYI, xpressive (the other regex engine in boost) compiles this pattern just fine. -- Eric Niebler BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com