Bug 258936 - Allow use of Regular Expressions for C++ Search
Summary: Allow use of Regular Expressions for C++ Search
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: CDT
Classification: Tools
Component: cdt-core (show other bugs)
Version: 6.0   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Project Inbox CLA
QA Contact: Jonah Graham CLA
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Reported: 2008-12-16 09:18 EST by Eric Pignet CLA
Modified: 2020-09-04 15:20 EDT (History)
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Description Eric Pignet CLA 2008-12-16 09:18:52 EST 
When performing a C/C++ search, it would be really useful to be 
able to use regular expressions in search string, as it is proposed in File search, to allow richer pattern matching than currently allowed (using * and ? wildcards).

For example, it would allow to ensure naming conventions are respected (search for all class names not beginning with a letter in lowercase, all attributes not beginning with _ then a letter in lower-case...