Allow back references to refer to a capture that hasn't happened yet ("forward reference").

Fixes https://github.com/boostorg/regex/issues/133.
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jzmaddock committed 2021-10-08 14:51:01 +01:00
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@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ protected:
bool m_icase; // true for case insensitive matches
unsigned m_repeater_id; // the state_id of the next repeater
bool m_has_backrefs; // true if there are actually any backrefs
indexed_bit_flag m_backrefs; // bitmask of permitted backrefs
std::uintmax_t m_bad_repeats; // bitmask of repeats we can't deduce a startmap for;
bool m_has_recursions; // set when we have recursive expressions to fixup
std::vector<unsigned char> m_recursion_checks; // notes which recursions we've followed while analysing this expression