use boost::regex instead of std::regex

src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-find_package(Boost 1.54 REQUIRED)
+find_package(Boost 1.54 COMPONENTS regex REQUIRED)
 
 include_directories(
 	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ set(SRC
 	visitor/render_section.cpp)
 
 add_library(mstch STATIC ${SRC})
+target_link_libraries(mstch ${Boost_REGEX_LIBRARY})

src/render_context.cpp

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "render_context.hpp"
 #include "utils.hpp"
 #include "state/outside_section.hpp"
-#include <regex>
+#include <boost/regex.hpp>
 
 using namespace mstch;
 
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ const mstch::node& render_context::get_node(const std::string& token) {
 
 std::string render_context::render(const std::string& t) {
     std::ostringstream output;
-    auto re = std::regex("\\{{2}[^\\}]*\\}{2}|\\{{3}[^\\}]*\\}{3}");
+    auto re = boost::regex("\\{{2}[^\\}]*\\}{2}|\\{{3}[^\\}]*\\}{3}");
-    std::sregex_token_iterator it(t.begin(), t.end(), re, {-1, 0});
+    boost::sregex_token_iterator it(t.begin(), t.end(), re, {-1, 0});
-    for (; it != std::sregex_token_iterator(); ++it)
+    for (; it != boost::sregex_token_iterator(); ++it)
         output << state.top()->render(*this, token(it->str()));
     return output.str();
 }

src/token.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "token.hpp"
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/trim.hpp>
-#include <regex>
+#include <boost/regex.hpp>
 
 using namespace mstch;
 
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ std::tuple<int,int,token::type> token::token_info(const std::string& inside) {
 }
 
 token::token(const std::string& raw_token): raw_val(raw_token) {
-    std::regex token_match("\\{{2}[^\\}]*\\}{2}|\\{{3}[^\\}]*\\}{3}");
+    boost::regex token_match("\\{{2}[^\\}]*\\}{2}|\\{{3}[^\\}]*\\}{3}");
-    if(std::regex_match(raw_token, token_match)) {
+    if(boost::regex_match(raw_token, token_match)) {
         std::string inside{raw_token.substr(2, raw_token.size() - 4)};
         boost::trim(inside);
         if (inside.size() > 0) {

src/utils.cpp

@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 #include "utils.hpp"
 
-#include <regex>
+#include <boost/regex.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp>
 
 std::string mstch::strip_whitespace(const std::string& tmplt) {
-    std::regex comment_match("\\{\\{![^\\}]*\\}\\}");
+    boost::regex comment_match("\\{\\{![^\\}]*\\}\\}");
-    std::regex tag_match("\\{{2}[ ]*[#|/|^|!|>]{1}[^\\}]*\\}{2}");
+    boost::regex tag_match("\\{{2}[ ]*[#|/|^|!|>]{1}[^\\}]*\\}{2}");
-    std::regex whitespace_match("^\\s*$");
+    boost::regex whitespace_match("^\\s*$");
     std::ostringstream out;
-    std::istringstream in(std::regex_replace(tmplt, comment_match, "{{!}}"));
+    std::istringstream in(boost::regex_replace(tmplt, comment_match, "{{!}}"));
     for(std::string line; std::getline(in, line);) {
-        std::string no_tags = std::regex_replace(line, tag_match, "");
+        std::string no_tags = boost::regex_replace(line, tag_match, "");
-        if (no_tags != line && std::regex_match(no_tags, whitespace_match))
+        if (no_tags != line && boost::regex_match(no_tags, whitespace_match))
-            out << std::regex_replace(line, std::regex("\\s"), "");
+            out << boost::regex_replace(line, boost::regex("\\s"), "");
         else
             out << line << (in.eof()?"":"\n");
     }

test/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
     ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
+add_executable(benchmark benchmark_main.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(benchmark mstch)
+
 add_executable(filetoheader filetoheader.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(filetoheader ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY})
 set(filetoheader_exe ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/filetoheader${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})

test/benchmark_main.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#include "mstch/mstch.hpp"
+
+int main() {
+    std::string comment_tmp{
+        "<div class=\"comments\"><h3>{{header}}</h3><ul>"
+        "{{#comments}}<li class=\"comment\"><h5>{{name}}</h5>"
+        "<p>{{body}}</p></li>{{/comments}}</ul></div>"
+    };
+    auto comment_view = mstch::object{
+        {"header", std::string{"My Post Comments"}},
+        {"comments", mstch::array{
+          mstch::object{{"name", std::string{"Joe"}}, {"body", std::string{"Thanks for this post!"}}},
+          mstch::object{{"name", std::string{"Sam"}}, {"body", std::string{"Thanks for this post!"}}},
+          mstch::object{{"name", std::string{"Heather"}}, {"body", std::string{"Thanks for this post!"}}},
+          mstch::object{{"name", std::string{"Kathy"}}, {"body", std::string{"Thanks for this post!"}}},
+          mstch::object{{"name", std::string{"George"}}, {"body", std::string{"Thanks for this post!"}}}
+        }}
+    };
+
+    for(int i = 0; i < 5000; i++)
+        mstch::render(comment_tmp, comment_view);
+
+    return 0;
+}