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Migrate RX to std::regex

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the RX implementation and every place it is used, then compare those interfaces with C++ std::regex. The issue does not specify whether to integrate std::regex or remove RX, so the desired outcome and completion criteria need clarification before implementation.

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Description

enhancement

Either integrate std::regex or abandon RX in favor of std::regex.

Dominant language
C++
Stars
7
Forks
30
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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