Refactor regex uses, do not reference boost except in regex.hh

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/regex.cc b/src/regex.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2c8f615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/regex.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include "regex.hh"
+
+#include "exception.hh"
+
+namespace Kakoune
+{
+
+String option_to_string(const Regex& re)
+{
+    return String{re.str()};
+}
+
+void option_from_string(StringView str, Regex& re)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        re = Regex{str.begin(), str.end()};
+    }
+    catch (RegexError& err)
+    {
+        throw runtime_error("unable to create regex: "_str + err.what());
+    }
+}
+
+}