Re: [Swig-devel] Applying multiple %renames

[Vokuhila-Oliba <ka5...@on...>]

Vokuhila-Oliba wrote:
> Vadim Zeitlin wrote:
>    
>> %rename("put\\1", regextarget=1) "^Set(.*)";
>> %rename("get\\1", regextarget=1) "^Get(.*)";
>>
>>      
> I didn't completely follow the 'regex' discussion - so this might be slightly OT
> (and you might already have discussed it)
>
> But what about a special keyword for regex-renames like "rxrename":
>
>      %rxrename("put(.+)", "Set$1");
>      %rxrename("get(.+)", "Get$1");
>
> The syntax is very close to substitution regexes in Perl. And I think that looks very naturally and is very easy to read.
>
>
>    
... and BTW - this allows more than one substitution and is still easy 
to read/understand as in:

     %rxrename("put(.+)foo(.+)", "Set$1Bar$2");
     %rxrename("get(.+)foo(.+)", "Get$1Bar$2");