Use optional groups

Readme.md

@@ -46,18 +46,18 @@ fn("/bar/baz");
 //=> { path: '/bar/baz', params: { splat: [ 'bar', 'baz' ] } }
 ```
 
-### Braces
+### Optional
 
-Simple brace expansion can be used to define multiple versions of a patch to match. It's also an effective way to create optional things to match.
+Braces can be used to define parts of the path that are optional.
 
 ```js
-const fn = match("/{a,b,:other}");
+const fn = match("/users{/:id}/delete");
 
-fn("/a");
-//=> { path: '/a', params: {} }
+fn("/users/delete");
+//=> { path: '/users/delete', params: {} }
 
-fn("/c");
-//=> { path: '/c', params: { other: 'c' } }
+fn("/users/123/delete");
+//=> { path: '/users/123/delete', params: { id: '123' } }
 ```
 
 ## Match
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ An effort has been made to ensure ambiguous paths from previous releases throw a
 
 In past releases, `?`, `*`, and `+` were used to denote optional or repeating parameters. As an alternative, try these:
 
-- For optional (`?`), use an empty segment in a group such as `/:file{.:ext,}`.
-- For repeating (`+`), only wildcard matching is supported, such as `/*glob`.
-- For optional repeating (`*`), use a group and a wildcard parameter such as `/{*glob,}`.
+- For optional (`?`), use an empty segment in a group such as `/:file{.:ext}`.
+- For repeating (`+`), only wildcard matching is supported, such as `/*path`.
+- For optional repeating (`*`), use a group and a wildcard parameter such as `/files{/*path}`.
 
 ### Unexpected `(`, `)`, `[`, `]`, etc.
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Parameter names can be wrapped in double quote characters, and this error means
 Path-To-RegExp breaks compatibility with Express <= `4.x` in the following ways:
 
 - Regexp characters can no longer be provided.
-- The optional character `?` is no longer supported, use brace expansion instead: `/:file{.:ext,}`.
+- The optional character `?` is no longer supported, use braces instead: `/:file{.:ext}`.
 - Some characters have new meaning or have been reserved (`{}?*+@!;`).
 - The parameter name now supports all JavaScript identifier characters, previously it was only `[a-z0-9]`.
 

scripts/redos.ts

@@ -15,16 +15,9 @@ const TESTS = [
   "/*foo/:bar/*baz",
   "/@:foo-:baz@",
   "/:foo{.:ext}",
-  "/:foo{.:ext,}",
-  "/:foo{|:ext|,}",
-  "/:foo{/:bar,}/:baz",
-  "/user{,s}/:id",
-  "/user/{en,de,cn}/:id",
-  "/user/{en,de,cn}/{1,2,3}",
-  "/user/{en,de,cn/{1,2,3}}",
-  "/user/{en,de,cn/{}}",
-  "/user/{en,de,cn/{}/test}",
-  "/user/{en,de,cn}/{x}",
+  "/:foo{|:ext|}",
+  "/:foo{/:bar}/:baz",
+  "/user{s}/:id",
   "/books/*section/:title",
 ];
 

src/cases.spec.ts

@@ -2229,7 +2229,7 @@ export const MATCH_TESTS: MatchTestSet[] = [
    * Multi character delimiters.
    */
   {
-    path: "%25:foo{%25:bar,}",
+    path: "%25:foo{%25:bar}",
     options: {
       delimiter: "%25",
     },

src/index.ts

@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ export interface CompileOptions extends PathOptions {
 type TokenType =
   | "{"
   | "}"
-  | ","
   | "WILDCARD"
   | "PARAM"
   | "CHAR"
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ const SIMPLE_TOKENS: Record<string, TokenType> = {
   // Groups.
   "{": "{",
   "}": "}",
-  ",": ",",
   // Reserved.
   "(": "(",
   ")": ")",
@@ -248,7 +246,7 @@ export interface Wildcard {
  */
 export interface Group {
   type: "group";
-  children: Array<Token[]>;
+  tokens: Token[];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -284,7 +282,7 @@ export function parse(str: string, options: ParseOptions = {}): TokenData {
     options;
   const it = new Iter(lexer(str));
 
-  function consume(brace: boolean): [end: boolean, tokens: Token[]] {
+  function consume(endType: TokenType): Token[] {
     const tokens: Token[] = [];
 
     while (true) {
@@ -311,34 +309,19 @@ export function parse(str: string, options: ParseOptions = {}): TokenData {
 
       const open = it.tryConsume("{");
       if (open) {
-        const children: Array<Token[]> = [];
-
-        while (true) {
-          const [end, tokens] = consume(true);
-          children.push(tokens);
-          if (end) break;
-        }
-
         tokens.push({
           type: "group",
-          children: children,
+          tokens: consume("}"),
         });
         continue;
       }
 
-      if (brace) {
-        const comma = it.tryConsume(",");
-        if (comma) return [false, tokens];
-        it.consume("}");
-      } else {
-        it.consume("END");
-      }
-
-      return [true, tokens];
+      it.consume(endType);
+      return tokens;
     }
   }
 
-  const [, tokens] = consume(false);
+  const tokens = consume("END");
   return new TokenData(tokens, delimiter);
 }
 
@@ -408,19 +391,7 @@ function tokenToFunction(
   if (token.type === "text") return () => [token.value];
 
   if (token.type === "group") {
-    const fns = token.children.map((child) =>
-      tokensToFunction(child, delimiter, encode),
-    );
-
-    return (data) => {
-      const allMissing: string[] = [];
-      for (const fn of fns) {
-        const [value, ...missing] = fn(data);
-        if (!missing.length) return [value];
-        allMissing.push(...missing);
-      }
-      return ["", ...allMissing];
-    };
+    return tokensToFunction(token.tokens, delimiter, encode);
   }
 
   const encodeValue = encode || NOOP_VALUE;
@@ -569,14 +540,10 @@ function* flatten(
   const token = tokens[index];
 
   if (token.type === "group") {
-    for (const child of token.children) {
-      const fork = init.slice();
-      for (const seq of flatten(child, 0, fork)) {
-        yield* flatten(tokens, index + 1, seq);
-      }
+    const fork = init.slice();
+    for (const seq of flatten(token.tokens, 0, fork)) {
+      yield* flatten(tokens, index + 1, seq);
     }
-
-    if (token.children.length) return;
   } else {
     init.push(token);
   }