Boost.Xpressive

Regular expressions that can be written as strings or as expression templates, and which can refer to each other and themselves recursively with the power of context-free grammars.

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Regular expressions that can be written as strings or as expression templates, and which can refer to each other and themselves recursively with the power of context-free grammars.

int main()
{
    net::io_context ioc;
    tcp::resolver resolver(ioc);
    beast::tcp_stream stream(ioc);

    stream.connect(resolver.resolve("example.com", "80"));

    http::request<http::empty_body> req{http::verb::get, "/", 11};
    req.set(http::field::host, "example.com");

    http::write(stream, req);

    beast::flat_buffer buffer;
    http::response<http::string_body> res;
    http::read(stream, buffer, res);

    std::cout << res << std::endl;
}

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brew install openssl
export OPENSSL_ROOT=$(brew --prefix openssl)
# install bjam tool user specific configuration file to read OPENSSL_ROOT
# see https://www.bfgroup.xyz/b2/manual/release/index.html
cp ./libs/beast/tools/user-config.jam $HOME