From 6b452e817090dba6c80454a42079fa5c9f83b1cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonas Maier <jonas@x77.dev>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 22:35:32 +0200
Subject: regex: only named matches now

---
 src/parse/regex.rs | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/parse/regex.rs')

diff --git a/src/parse/regex.rs b/src/parse/regex.rs
index 22c3b9c..4134c88 100644
--- a/src/parse/regex.rs
+++ b/src/parse/regex.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::{Cursor, OtherHighlights, Parse, ParseError, Result};
-use crate::regex::{Class, GreedyBehavior, LookDirection, LookPolarity, Pattern};
+use crate::{parse::VarName, regex::{Class, GreedyBehavior, LookDirection, LookPolarity, Pattern}};
 
 const SYMBOLS: &[u8] = b"{}[]()*+-?|.\\ ";
 fn is_symbol(x: u8) -> bool {
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ fn parse_atom(s: &mut super::Cursor<'_>) -> Result<Pattern> {
         b'(' => {
             s.adv();
 
+            let mut match_name = None;
             let mut assertion = None;
             if s.buf.starts_with(b"?=") {
                 s.advance(2);
@@ -168,6 +169,15 @@ fn parse_atom(s: &mut super::Cursor<'_>) -> Result<Pattern> {
             } else if s.buf.starts_with(b"?<!") {
                 s.advance(3);
                 assertion = Some((LookDirection::Behind, LookPolarity::Negative));
+            } else if s.buf.starts_with(b"?<") && s.buf.len() > 2 && s.buf[2].is_ascii_alphabetic() {
+                s.advance(2);
+                match_name = Some(VarName::parse(s)?.name);
+                if !s.has() {
+                    return Err(ParseError::Eof);
+                }
+                if s.adv() != b'>' {
+                    return Err(ParseError::Expected('>'));
+                }
             }
 
             s.highlight_from(begin, OtherHighlights::RegexSymbol);
@@ -183,8 +193,10 @@ fn parse_atom(s: &mut super::Cursor<'_>) -> Result<Pattern> {
 
             if let Some((dir, pol)) = assertion {
                 Ok(Pattern::Assertion(dir, pol, Box::new(inner)))
+            } else if let Some(match_name) = match_name {
+                Ok(Pattern::Submatch(match_name, Box::new(inner)))
             } else {
-                Ok(Pattern::Submatch(Box::new(inner)))
+                Ok(inner)
             }
         }
         b'.' => {
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