Retrieving named captures with $regml()

Not sure why there is no support for this but PCRE allows for named capturing group which can be retrieved easily with the lib, I would like to see support for this.

Code:

//noop $regex(myreg,let's capture,/(?<named>capture)/) | echo -a > $regml(myreg,named)

Quote:

> capture

Named captures in PCRE cannot start with a digit.

It would also be nice to be able to reference the named capture directly in $regsubex's substitution parameter:

Code:

//echo -a $regsubex(myreg,let's capture,/(?<named>capture)/,\k<capture>)

Quote:

let's capture

\k<name> being already supported by PCRE to create a named capture group.

I tried this yesterday hoping it would work, but apparently not. In the end I had to resort to a cludge using a hash table with regex as items and name mappings as data.

You may want to ask on this forum or on #regex on freenode, there may be a way to do what you want in a different way. But having this would be handy.

I also support this idea.