Regexp syntax like in Perl?

[yaskhan]

[TheZalli]

Consider using the popular regex crate for regex syntax compatibility with other rust projects, code re-use and taking advantage of their optimizations.

[bvssvni]

I'm thinking about pattern matching now, see https://github.com/PistonDevelopers/dyon/issues/360. This could be part of how strings are matched.

[stephanbuys]

Having regular expression support would be a great win - lots of use-cases that it enables