Made RE compiled once and added memory release

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/rexp.h b/src/rexp.h
index 04d1bb6..98d685f 100644
--- a/src/rexp.h
+++ b/src/rexp.h
@@ -33,18 +33,23 @@
 
 /* ---------------------------------------- INTERFACES
 */
+typedef void	*RE_Expression;
 
-typedef enum
-    {
-    RE_Found,
-    RE_NotFound,
-    RE_BadExpression,
-    } RExpStatus;
+
+/* Compile a regular expression for use.  Returns NULL if the expression
+   cannot be compiled.
+*/
+RE_Expression	RECompile(const char *regexpr);
+
+
+/* Search string for regexpr.  Returns TRUE for match.
+*/
+int		RESearch(const RE_Expression re, const char *string);
 
 
-/* Search string for regexpr 
+/* Free a regular expression
 */
-RExpStatus	RExpSearch(const char *regexpr, const char *string);
+void		REFree(RE_Expression re);
 
 
 #endif