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Boost.org regex module

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Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 42

Dominant language: C++
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Last GitHub push: May 22, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 14, 2026
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42 open issues indexed

Assertion failure in `parse_perl_extension()` when `newline_alt` is combined with `no_except` Open

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boostorg/regex#285 · Opened Aug 2, 2026
Feature Request: Syntax - Allow escape of any special character Open

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boostorg/regex#281 · Opened Jul 4, 2026
Library doesn't build in standalone mode with exceptions disabled Open

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boostorg/regex#279 · Opened May 21, 2026
Docs not up-to-date Open

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boostorg/regex#276 · Opened Mar 25, 2026
Cannot run tests in a release tarball Open

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boostorg/regex#275 · Opened Mar 19, 2026
Horrible failure mode for 'load_file' functions in test examples Open

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boostorg/regex#274 · Opened Mar 19, 2026
string_view support Open

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boostorg/regex#273 · Opened Mar 11, 2026
`.github/workflows/code-coverage.yml` needs `permissions: contents: write` Open

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boostorg/regex#272 · Opened Mar 3, 2026
`basic_regex` is missing move operations Open

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boostorg/regex#270 · Opened Feb 6, 2026
Regex operations return incorrect results when ARM Memory Tagging Extensions (MTE) are enabled Open

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boostorg/regex#268 · Opened Jan 21, 2026
match_results operator[] no longer accepts enums Open

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boostorg/regex#265 · Opened Dec 11, 2025
Please don't unconditionally define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS Open

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boostorg/regex#264 · Opened Dec 6, 2025
Exception containing invalid utf-8 Open

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boostorg/regex#262 · Opened Oct 30, 2025
Block cache holds dangling pointers from custom new, then regex_search corrupts memory Open

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boostorg/regex#258 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 9, 2025
boost::regex_match should delete the rvalue reference overload Open

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boostorg/regex#257 · Opened Jul 24, 2025
match with regex_constants::match_any bug Open

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boostorg/regex#251 · 4 comments · Opened May 23, 2025
w32_regex_traits: BASETYPES does not imply LCTYPE (and other symbols) Open

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boostorg/regex#250 · Opened May 20, 2025
Various disagreements between boost::regex and the JS spec Open

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boostorg/regex#249 · 1 comment · Opened May 15, 2025
Unchecked lower bound warning on `regex_traits_defaults.hpp::get_default_error_string()` Open

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boostorg/regex#248 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 11, 2025
boost::u32regex does not compile on latest libc++ (19.0) due to use of UChar32 / int32_t as charT Open

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boostorg/regex#247 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Apr 4, 2025
`[\W\D]` fails to match alphabetic characters Open

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boostorg/regex#241 · Opened Jan 20, 2025
[Feature Request] make `boost::regex` constructor O(1) using metaparsing Open

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boostorg/regex#240 · Opened Jan 7, 2025
Crash in regex_match Open

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boostorg/regex#233 · 7 comments · Opened Nov 24, 2024
[Feature Request] Boost.regex - allow OR operator in look-behind Open

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boostorg/regex#225 · 5 comments · Opened Sep 12, 2024
on of the boost::regex_search result contains an extra character Open

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boostorg/regex#214 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 8, 2024
FEATURE REQUEST: Convenience methods for std::string_view Open

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boostorg/regex#212 · 3 reactions · Opened Jun 25, 2024
Cleanup static variables Open

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boostorg/regex#211 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened May 12, 2024
Difference in regex_replace Replacement Format Handling Between Boost.Regex and std::regex Open

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boostorg/regex#210 · Opened Apr 20, 2024
"Invalid range end in character class" for dash after character range Open

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boostorg/regex#199 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 1, 2023
Subroutine call backtracking bug Open

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boostorg/regex#178 · Opened Aug 9, 2022
Top-level recursion ignores top-level alternatives Open

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boostorg/regex#177 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 16, 2022
boost::u32regex_replace() behavior when the string has a closing newline Open

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boostorg/regex#175 · Opened May 18, 2022
Wrong error message Open

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boostorg/regex#168 · Opened Nov 12, 2021
When using match_extra with regex_iterator captures from previous iterations are incorrectly preserved Open

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boostorg/regex#147 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 3, 2021
Missing formatter functor overload for u32regex_replace Open

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boostorg/regex#117 · Opened Jan 19, 2021
Assertion failure on Windows 10 if the default region/language setting is "mixed" (e.g. English / Germany) Open

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boostorg/regex#114 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Oct 29, 2020
Undocumented public constructor in sub_match. Open

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boostorg/regex#106 · Opened May 5, 2020
GCC suggest-override warnings Open

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boostorg/regex#104 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 13, 2020
has_icu.exe requires debug ICU libraries on release build Open

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boostorg/regex#95 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 9, 2020
-Wswitch-enum warnings in v4/basic_regex_creator.hpp Open

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boostorg/regex#84 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 29, 2019
boost documentation bug Open

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boostorg/regex#73 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 19, 2018
boost::regex_search contradicts std::regex_search in changing match_result argument Open

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boostorg/regex#68 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 17, 2018

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