Re: using non-Emacs regexp syntax

[Juri Linkov]

> * Each implemented format provides a table of associations
>   construct-name -> construct-generator (some constructs,  like []
>   character class, will require a parameter.)  In the simplest form,
>   construct-generator can be just a fixed string, which will suffice in
>   most cases.
>
> * Each format also provides a parser that splits a regexp into a list
>   of construct-name.
>
> * Entry function (or a helper for it) combines together a table for
>   output format and a parser for input format.  The result is a regexp
>   in output format.

A good implementation would parse a regexp string to the sregex
Lisp-like syntax (qv emacs-lisp/sregex.el) which would allow doing
such things as (sregexq (a-new-function-to-parse-Perl-regexp PERL-REGEXP))
to convert a non-Emacs regexp to the Emacs one.

PS: I would much prefer to use this feature in query-replace-regexp
with an option to use extended regexps instead of basic regexps in its
interactive arguments.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/