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May 14, 2025
2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions common/CMakeLists.txt
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minja/minja.hpp
ngram-cache.cpp
ngram-cache.h
regex-partial.cpp
regex-partial.h
sampling.cpp
sampling.h
speculative.cpp
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19 changes: 19 additions & 0 deletions common/common.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -443,6 +443,25 @@ void string_replace_all(std::string & s, const std::string & search, const std::
s = std::move(builder);
}

bool string_ends_with(const std::string_view & str, const std::string_view & suffix) {
return str.size() >= suffix.size() && str.compare(str.size()-suffix.size(), suffix.size(), suffix) == 0;
}
size_t string_find_partial_stop(const std::string_view & str, const std::string_view & stop) {
if (!str.empty() && !stop.empty()) {
const char text_last_char = str.back();
for (int64_t char_index = stop.size() - 1; char_index >= 0; char_index--) {
if (stop[char_index] == text_last_char) {
const auto current_partial = stop.substr(0, char_index + 1);
if (string_ends_with(str, current_partial)) {
return str.size() - char_index - 1;
}
}
}
}

return std::string::npos;
}

std::string regex_escape(const std::string & s) {
static const std::regex special_chars("[.^$|()*+?\\[\\]{}\\\\]");
return std::regex_replace(s, special_chars, "\\$0");
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions common/common.h
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#include <set>
#include <string>
#include <string_view>
#include <vector>
#include <sstream>

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return str.rfind(prefix, 0) == 0;
}

static bool string_ends_with(const std::string & str,
const std::string & suffix) { // While we wait for C++20's std::string::ends_with...
return str.size() >= suffix.size() && str.compare(str.size()-suffix.size(), suffix.size(), suffix) == 0;
}
// While we wait for C++20's std::string::ends_with...
bool string_ends_with(const std::string_view & str, const std::string_view & suffix);
size_t string_find_partial_stop(const std::string_view & str, const std::string_view & stop);

bool string_parse_kv_override(const char * data, std::vector<llama_model_kv_override> & overrides);
void string_process_escapes(std::string & input);
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204 changes: 204 additions & 0 deletions common/regex-partial.cpp
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#include "regex-partial.h"
#include "common.h"
#include <functional>
#include <optional>

common_regex::common_regex(const std::string & pattern) :
pattern(pattern),
rx(pattern),
rx_reversed_partial(regex_to_reversed_partial_regex(pattern)) {}

common_regex_match common_regex::search(const std::string & input, size_t pos, bool as_match) const {
std::smatch match;
if (pos > input.size()) {
throw std::runtime_error("Position out of bounds");
}
auto start = input.begin() + pos;
auto found = as_match
? std::regex_match(start, input.end(), match, rx)
: std::regex_search(start, input.end(), match, rx);
if (found) {
common_regex_match res;
res.type = COMMON_REGEX_MATCH_TYPE_FULL;
for (size_t i = 0; i < match.size(); ++i) {
auto begin = pos + match.position(i);
res.groups.emplace_back(begin, begin + match.length(i));
}
return res;
}
std::match_results<std::string::const_reverse_iterator> srmatch;
if (std::regex_match(input.rbegin(), input.rend() - pos, srmatch, rx_reversed_partial)) {
auto group = srmatch[1].str();
if (group.length() != 0) {
auto it = srmatch[1].second.base();
// auto position = static_cast<size_t>(std::distance(input.begin(), it));
if ((!as_match) || it == input.begin()) {
common_regex_match res;
res.type = COMMON_REGEX_MATCH_TYPE_PARTIAL;
const size_t begin = std::distance(input.begin(), it);
const size_t end = input.size();
if (begin == std::string::npos || end == std::string::npos || begin > end) {
throw std::runtime_error("Invalid range");
}
res.groups.push_back({begin, end});
return res;
}
}
}
return {};
}

/*
Transforms a regex pattern to a partial match pattern that operates on a reversed input string to find partial final matches of the original pattern.

Ideally we'd like to use boost::match_partial (https://beta.boost.org/doc/libs/1_59_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/partial_matches.html)
to see if a string ends with a partial regex match, but but it's not in std::regex yet.
Instead, we'll the regex into a partial match regex operating as a full match on the reverse iterators of the input.

- /abcd/ -> (dcba|cba|ba|a).* -> ((?:(?:(?:(?:d)?c)?b)?a).*
- /a|b/ -> (a|b).*
- /a*?/ -> error, could match ""
- /a*b/ -> ((?:b)?a*+).* (final repetitions become eager)
- /.*?ab/ -> ((?:b)?a).* (merge .*)
- /a.*?b/ -> ((?:b)?.*?a).* (keep reluctant matches)
- /a(bc)d/ -> ((?:(?:d)?(?:(?:c)?b))?a).*
- /a(bc|de)/ -> ((?:(?:(?:e)?d)?|(?:(?:c)?b)?)?a).*
- /ab{2,4}c/ -> abbb?b?c -> ((?:(?:(?:(?:(?:c)?b)?b)?b?)?b?)?a).*

The regex will match a reversed string fully, and the end of the first (And only) capturing group will indicate the reversed start of the original partial pattern
(i.e. just where the final .* starts in the inverted pattern; all other groups are turned into non-capturing groups, and reluctant quantifiers are ignored)
*/
std::string regex_to_reversed_partial_regex(const std::string & pattern) {
auto it = pattern.begin();
const auto end = pattern.end();

std::function<std::string()> process = [&]() {
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Btw I think we should prevent using lambda function when possible (especially long functions), the bad thing is that it can increase compilation time by a lot.

A cleaner solution could be do have a struct reversed_partial_regex_builder for it, move lambda into struct member, and then having this regex_to_reversed_partial_regex construct a new instance of the struct each time you use it

std::vector<std::vector<std::string>> alternatives(1);
std::vector<std::string> * sequence = &alternatives.back();

while (it != end) {
if (*it == '[') {
auto start = it;
++it;
while (it != end) {
if ((*it == '\\') && (++it != end)) {
++it;
} else if ((it != end) && (*it == ']')) {
break;
} else {
++it;
}
}
if (it == end) {
throw std::runtime_error("Unmatched '[' in pattern");
}
++it;
sequence->push_back(std::string(start, it));
} else if (*it == '*' || *it == '?' || *it == '+') {
if (sequence->empty()) {
throw std::runtime_error("Quantifier without preceding element");
}
sequence->back() += *it;
auto is_star = *it == '*';
++it;
if (is_star) {
if (*it == '?') {
++it;
}
}
} else if (*it == '{') {
if (sequence->empty()) {
throw std::runtime_error("Repetition without preceding element");
}
++it;
auto start = it;
while (it != end && *it != '}') {
++it;
}
if (it == end) {
throw std::runtime_error("Unmatched '{' in pattern");
}
auto parts = string_split(std::string(start, it), ",");
++it;
if (parts.size() > 2) {
throw std::runtime_error("Invalid repetition range in pattern");
}

auto parseOptInt = [&](const std::string & s, const std::optional<int> & def = std::nullopt) -> std::optional<int> {
if (s.empty()) {
return def;
}
return std::stoi(s);
};
auto min = parseOptInt(parts[0], 0);
auto max = parts.size() == 1 ? min : parseOptInt(parts[1]);
if (min && max && *max < *min) {
throw std::runtime_error("Invalid repetition range in pattern");
}
// Brutal but... let's repeat at least min times, then ? for the delta between min & max (or * for unbounded)
auto part = sequence->back();
sequence->pop_back();
for (int i = 0; i < *min; i++) {
sequence->push_back(part);
}
if (max) {
for (int i = *min; i < *max; i++) {
sequence->push_back(part + "?");
}
} else {
sequence->push_back(part + "*");
}
} else if (*it == '(') {
++it;
if (it != end && *it == '?' && (it + 1 != end) && *(it + 1) == ':') {
it += 2;
}
auto sub = process();
if (*it != ')') {
throw std::runtime_error("Unmatched '(' in pattern");
}
++it;
auto & part = sequence->emplace_back("(?:");
part += sub;
part += ")";
} else if (*it == ')') {
break;
} else if (*it == '|') {
++it;
alternatives.emplace_back();
sequence = &alternatives.back();
} else if (*it == '\\' && (++it != end)) {
auto str = std::string("\\") + *it;
sequence->push_back(str);
++it;
} else if (it != end) {
sequence->push_back(std::string(1, *it));
++it;
}
}

// /abcd/ -> (dcba|cba|ba|a).* -> ((?:(?:(?:d)?c)?b)?a).*
// if n(=4) parts, opening n-1(=3) non-capturing groups after the 1 capturing group
// We'll do the outermost capturing group and final .* in the enclosing function.
std::vector<std::string> res_alts;
for (const auto & parts : alternatives) {
auto & res = res_alts.emplace_back();
for (size_t i = 0; i < parts.size() - 1; i++) {
res += "(?:";
}
for (auto it = parts.rbegin(); it != parts.rend(); ++it) {
res += *it;
if (it != parts.rend() - 1) {
res += ")?";
}
}
}
return string_join(res_alts, "|");
};
auto res = process();
if (it != end) {
throw std::runtime_error("Unmatched '(' in pattern");
}

return "(" + res + ")[\\s\\S]*";
}
56 changes: 56 additions & 0 deletions common/regex-partial.h
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#pragma once

#include <regex>
#include <string>

enum common_regex_match_type {
COMMON_REGEX_MATCH_TYPE_NONE,
COMMON_REGEX_MATCH_TYPE_PARTIAL,
COMMON_REGEX_MATCH_TYPE_FULL,
};

struct common_string_range {
size_t begin;
size_t end;
common_string_range(size_t begin, size_t end) : begin(begin), end(end) {
if (begin > end) {
throw std::runtime_error("Invalid range");
}
}
// prevent default ctor
common_string_range() = delete;
bool empty() const {
return begin == end;
}
bool operator==(const common_string_range & other) const {
return begin == other.begin && end == other.end;
}
};

struct common_regex_match {
common_regex_match_type type = COMMON_REGEX_MATCH_TYPE_NONE;
std::vector<common_string_range> groups;

bool operator==(const common_regex_match & other) const {
return type == other.type && groups == other.groups;
}
bool operator!=(const common_regex_match & other) const {
return !(*this == other);
}
};

class common_regex {
std::string pattern;
std::regex rx;
std::regex rx_reversed_partial;

public:
explicit common_regex(const std::string & pattern);

common_regex_match search(const std::string & input, size_t pos, bool as_match = false) const;

const std::string & str() const { return pattern; }
};

// For testing only (pretty print of failures).
std::string regex_to_reversed_partial_regex(const std::string & pattern);
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llama_build_and_test(test-log.cpp)
llama_build_and_test(test-chat-template.cpp)
llama_build_and_test(test-regex-partial.cpp)

# this fails on windows (github hosted runner) due to curl DLL not found (exit code 0xc0000135)
if (NOT WIN32)
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