[PATCH] D49084: FileCheck: Add support for variable expressions

[Thomas Preud'homme via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

thopre added a comment.

In https://reviews.llvm.org/D49084#1156379, @probinson wrote:

> Maybe this should be a new class of "numeric variables" with distinct syntax, e.g., `[[#VAR]]` or something, with an implicit regex of `[[:digit:]]+` instead of making the test-writer use a valid regex.


I'm not sure I'm following you. Do you mean using a different syntax when (i) defining numeric variable or (ii) when using numeric expression?
I also do not understand how this would prevent the test-writer from having to use a valid regex. Could you give an example of the problem you see?


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