stdlib: Remove the deprecated regexp module

4 files changed, 1 insertions, 573 deletions

diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/Makefile b/lib/stdlib/src/Makefile
index 600303d7e1..9ce1f6f5c8 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/Makefile
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/Makefile
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ MODULES= \
 	qlc_pt \
 	queue \
 	random \
-	regexp \
 	sets \
 	shell \
 	shell_default \
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/otp_internal.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/otp_internal.erl
index c1285dab60..37246f82aa 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/otp_internal.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/otp_internal.erl
@@ -56,19 +56,6 @@ obsolete_1(net, _, _) ->
 obsolete_1(erl_internal, builtins, 0) ->
     {deprecated, {erl_internal, bif, 2}};
 
-obsolete_1(string, re_sh_to_awk, 1) ->
-    {removed, {regexp, sh_to_awk, 1}, "R12B"};
-obsolete_1(string, re_parse, 1) ->
-    {removed, {regexp, parse, 1}, "R12B"};
-obsolete_1(string, re_match, 2) ->
-    {removed, {regexp, match, 2}, "R12B"};
-obsolete_1(string, re_sub, 3) ->
-    {removed, {regexp, sub, 3}, "R12B"};
-obsolete_1(string, re_gsub, 3) ->
-    {removed, {regexp, gsub, 3}, "R12B"};
-obsolete_1(string, re_split, 2) ->
-    {removed, {regexp, split, 2}, "R12B"};
-
 obsolete_1(string, index, 2) ->
     {removed, {string, str, 2}, "R12B"};
 
@@ -431,7 +418,7 @@ obsolete_1(ssh_sshd, stop, 1) ->
 
 %% Added in R13A.
 obsolete_1(regexp, _, _) ->
-    {deprecated, "the regexp module is deprecated (will be removed in R15A); use the re module instead"};
+    {removed, "removed in R15; use the re module instead"};
 
 obsolete_1(lists, flat_length, 1) ->
     {removed,{lists,flatlength,1},"R14"};
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/regexp.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/regexp.erl
deleted file mode 100644
index 65f9ca247d..0000000000
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/regexp.erl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,557 +0,0 @@
-%%
-%% %CopyrightBegin%
-%% 
-%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1996-2011. All Rights Reserved.
-%% 
-%% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
-%% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
-%% compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
-%% Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
-%% retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
-%% 
-%% Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
-%% basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
-%% the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
-%% under the License.
-%% 
-%% %CopyrightEnd%
-%%
--module(regexp).
-
-%% This entire module is deprecated and will be removed in a future
-%% release. Use the 're' module instead.
-%%
-%% This module provides a basic set of regular expression functions
-%% for strings. The functions provided are taken from AWK.
-%%
-%% Note that we interpret the syntax tree of a regular expression
-%% directly instead of converting it to an NFA and then interpreting
-%% that. This method seems to go significantly faster.
-
--export([sh_to_awk/1,parse/1,format_error/1,match/2,first_match/2,matches/2]).
--export([sub/3,gsub/3,split/2]).
-
--deprecated([sh_to_awk/1,parse/1,format_error/1,match/2,first_match/2,matches/2]).
--deprecated([sub/3,gsub/3,split/2]).
-
--import(string, [substr/2,substr/3]).
--import(lists, [reverse/1]).
-
--type errordesc() :: term().
--opaque regexp() :: term().
-
-%% -type matchres() = {match,Start,Length} | nomatch | {error,E}.
-%% -type subres() = {ok,RepString,RepCount} | {error,E}.
-%% -type splitres() = {ok,[SubString]} | {error,E}.
-
-%%-compile([export_all]).
-
-%% This is the regular expression grammar used. It is equivalent to the
-%% one used in AWK, except that we allow ^ $ to be used anywhere and fail
-%% in the matching.
-%%
-%% reg -> reg1 : '$1'.
-%% reg1 -> reg1 "|" reg2 : {'or','$1','$2'}.
-%% reg1 -> reg2 : '$1'.
-%% reg2 -> reg2 reg3 : {concat,'$1','$2'}.
-%% reg2 -> reg3 : '$1'.
-%% reg3 -> reg3 "*" : {kclosure,'$1'}.
-%% reg3 -> reg3 "+" : {pclosure,'$1'}.
-%% reg3 -> reg3 "?" : {optional,'$1'}.
-%% reg3 -> reg4 : '$1'.
-%% reg4 -> "(" reg ")" : '$2'.
-%% reg4 -> "\\" char : '$2'.
-%% reg4 -> "^" : bos.
-%% reg4 -> "$" : eos.
-%% reg4 -> "." : char.
-%% reg4 -> "[" class "]" : {char_class,char_class('$2')}
-%% reg4 -> "[" "^" class "]" : {comp_class,char_class('$3')}
-%% reg4 -> "\"" chars "\"" : char_string('$2')
-%% reg4 -> char : '$1'.
-%% reg4 -> empty : epsilon.
-%%  The grammar of the current regular expressions. The actual parser
-%%  is a recursive descent implementation of the grammar.
-
-reg(S) -> reg1(S).
-
-%% reg1 -> reg2 reg1'
-%% reg1' -> "|" reg2
-%% reg1' -> empty
-
-reg1(S0) ->
-    {L,S1} = reg2(S0),
-    reg1p(S1, L).
-
-reg1p([$||S0], L) ->
-    {R,S1} = reg2(S0),
-    reg1p(S1, {'or',L,R});
-reg1p(S, L) -> {L,S}.
-
-%% reg2 -> reg3 reg2'
-%% reg2' -> reg3
-%% reg2' -> empty
-
-reg2(S0) ->
-    {L,S1} = reg3(S0),
-    reg2p(S1, L).
-
-reg2p([C|S0], L) when C =/= $|, C =/= $) ->
-    {R,S1} = reg3([C|S0]),
-    reg2p(S1, {concat,L,R});
-reg2p(S, L) -> {L,S}.
-
-%% reg3 -> reg4 reg3'
-%% reg3' -> "*" reg3'
-%% reg3' -> "+" reg3'
-%% reg3' -> "?" reg3'
-%% reg3' -> empty
-
-reg3(S0) ->
-    {L,S1} = reg4(S0),
-    reg3p(S1, L).
-
-reg3p([$*|S], L) -> reg3p(S, {kclosure,L});
-reg3p([$+|S], L) -> reg3p(S, {pclosure,L});
-reg3p([$?|S], L) -> reg3p(S, {optional,L});
-reg3p(S, L) -> {L,S}.
-
--define(HEX(C), C >= $0 andalso C =< $9 orelse 
-                C >= $A andalso C =< $F orelse 
-                C >= $a andalso C =< $f).
-
-reg4([$(|S0]) ->
-    case reg(S0) of
-	{R,[$)|S1]} -> {R,S1};
-	{_R,_S} -> throw({error,{unterminated,"("}})
-    end;
-reg4([$\\,O1,O2,O3|S]) when
-  O1 >= $0, O1 =< $7, O2 >= $0, O2 =< $7, O3 >= $0, O3 =< $7 ->
-    {(O1*8 + O2)*8 + O3 - 73*$0,S};
-reg4([$\\,$x,H1,H2|S]) when ?HEX(H1), ?HEX(H2) ->
-    {erlang:list_to_integer([H1,H2], 16),S};
-reg4([$\\,$x,${|S]) ->
-    hex(S, []);
-reg4([$\\,$x|_]) ->
-    throw({error,{illegal,[$x]}});
-reg4([$\\,C|S]) -> {escape_char(C),S};
-reg4([$\\]) -> throw({error,{unterminated,"\\"}});
-reg4([$^|S]) -> {bos,S};
-reg4([$$|S]) -> {eos,S};
-reg4([$.|S]) -> {{comp_class,"\n"},S};
-reg4("[^" ++ S0) ->
-    case char_class(S0) of
-	{Cc,[$]|S1]} -> {{comp_class,Cc},S1};
-	{_Cc,_S} -> throw({error,{unterminated,"["}})
-    end;
-reg4([$[|S0]) ->
-    case char_class(S0) of
-	{Cc,[$]|S1]} -> {{char_class,Cc},S1};
-	{_Cc,_S1} -> throw({error,{unterminated,"["}})
-    end;
-%reg4([$"|S0]) ->
-%    case char_string(S0) of
-%	{St,[$"|S1]} -> {St,S1};
-%	{St,S1} -> throw({error,{unterminated,"\""}})
-%    end;
-reg4([C|S]) when C =/= $*, C =/= $+, C =/= $?, C =/= $] -> {C,S};
-reg4([C|_S]) -> throw({error,{illegal,[C]}});
-reg4([]) -> {epsilon,[]}.
-
-hex([C|Cs], L) when ?HEX(C) ->
-    hex(Cs, [C|L]);
-hex([$}|S], L) ->
-    case catch erlang:list_to_integer(lists:reverse(L), 16) of
-        V when V =< 16#FF ->
-            {V,S};
-        _ ->
-            throw({error,{illegal,[$}]}})
-    end;
-hex(_S, _) ->
-    throw({error,{unterminated,"\\x{"}}).
-
-escape_char($n) -> $\n;				%\n = LF
-escape_char($r) -> $\r;				%\r = CR
-escape_char($t) -> $\t;				%\t = TAB
-escape_char($v) -> $\v;				%\v = VT
-escape_char($b) -> $\b;				%\b = BS
-escape_char($f) -> $\f;				%\f = FF
-escape_char($e) -> $\e;				%\e = ESC
-escape_char($s) -> $\s;				%\s = SPACE
-escape_char($d) -> $\d;				%\d = DEL
-escape_char(C) -> C.
-
-char_class([$]|S]) -> char_class(S, [$]]);
-char_class(S) -> char_class(S, []).
-
-char($\\, [O1,O2,O3|S]) when
-  O1 >= $0, O1 =< $7, O2 >= $0, O2 =< $7, O3 >= $0, O3 =< $7 ->
-    {(O1*8 + O2)*8 + O3 - 73*$0,S};
-char($\\, [$x,H1,H2|S]) when ?HEX(H1), ?HEX(H2) ->
-    {erlang:list_to_integer([H1,H2], 16),S};
-char($\\,[$x,${|S]) ->
-    hex(S, []);
-char($\\,[$x|_]) ->
-    throw({error,{illegal,[$x]}});
-char($\\, [C|S]) -> {escape_char(C),S};
-char(C, S) -> {C,S}.
-
-char_class([C1|S0], Cc) when C1 =/= $] ->
-    case char(C1, S0) of
-	{Cf,[$-,C2|S1]} when C2 =/= $] ->
-	    case char(C2, S1) of
-		{Cl,S2} when Cf < Cl -> char_class(S2, [{Cf,Cl}|Cc]); 
-		{Cl,_S2} -> throw({error,{char_class,[Cf,$-,Cl]}})
-	    end;
-	{C,S1} -> char_class(S1, [C|Cc])
-    end;
-char_class(S, Cc) -> {Cc,S}.
-
-%char_string([C|S]) when C =/= $" -> char_string(S, C);
-%char_string(S) -> {epsilon,S}.
-
-%char_string([C|S0], L) when C =/= $" ->
-%    char_string(S0, {concat,L,C});
-%char_string(S, L) -> {L,S}.
-
-%% -deftype re_app_res() = {match,RestPos,Rest} | nomatch.
-
-%% re_apply(String, StartPos, RegExp) -> re_app_res().
-%%
-%%  Apply the (parse of the) regular expression RegExp to String.  If
-%%  there is a match return the position of the remaining string and
-%%  the string if else return 'nomatch'. BestMatch specifies if we want
-%%  the longest match, or just a match.
-%%
-%%  StartPos should be the real start position as it is used to decide
-%%  if we ae at the beginning of the string.
-%%
-%%  Pass two functions to re_apply_or so it can decide, on the basis
-%%  of BestMatch, whether to just any take any match or try both to
-%%  find the longest. This is slower but saves duplicatng code.
-
-re_apply(S, St, RE) -> re_apply(RE, [], S, St).
-
-re_apply(epsilon, More, S, P) ->		%This always matches
-    re_apply_more(More, S, P);
-re_apply({'or',RE1,RE2}, More, S, P) ->
-    re_apply_or(re_apply(RE1, More, S, P),
-		re_apply(RE2, More, S, P));
-re_apply({concat,RE1,RE2}, More, S0, P) ->
-    re_apply(RE1, [RE2|More], S0, P);
-re_apply({kclosure,CE}, More, S, P) ->
-    %% Be careful with the recursion, explicitly do one call before
-    %% looping.
-    re_apply_or(re_apply_more(More, S, P),
-		re_apply(CE, [{kclosure,CE}|More], S, P));
-re_apply({pclosure,CE}, More, S, P) ->
-    re_apply(CE, [{kclosure,CE}|More], S, P);
-re_apply({optional,CE}, More, S, P) ->
-    re_apply_or(re_apply_more(More, S, P),
-		re_apply(CE, More, S, P));
-re_apply(bos, More, S, 1) -> re_apply_more(More, S, 1);
-re_apply(eos, More, [$\n|S], P) -> re_apply_more(More, S, P);
-re_apply(eos, More, [], P) -> re_apply_more(More, [], P);
-re_apply({char_class,Cc}, More, [C|S], P) ->
-    case in_char_class(C, Cc) of
-	true -> re_apply_more(More, S, P+1);
-	false -> nomatch
-    end;
-re_apply({comp_class,Cc}, More, [C|S], P) ->
-    case in_char_class(C, Cc) of
-	true -> nomatch;
-	false -> re_apply_more(More, S, P+1)
-    end;
-re_apply(C, More, [C|S], P) when is_integer(C) ->
-    re_apply_more(More, S, P+1);
-re_apply(_RE, _More, _S, _P) -> nomatch.
-
-%% re_apply_more([RegExp], String, Length) -> re_app_res().
-
-re_apply_more([RE|More], S, P) -> re_apply(RE, More, S, P);
-re_apply_more([], S, P) -> {match,P,S}.
-
-%% in_char_class(Char, Class) -> bool().
-
-in_char_class(C, [{C1,C2}|_Cc]) when C >= C1, C =< C2 -> true;
-in_char_class(C, [C|_Cc]) -> true;
-in_char_class(C, [_|Cc]) -> in_char_class(C, Cc);
-in_char_class(_C, []) -> false.
-
-%% re_apply_or(Match1, Match2) -> re_app_res().
-%%  If we want the best match then choose the longest match, else just
-%%  choose one by trying sequentially.
-
-re_apply_or({match,P1,S1},   {match,P2,_S2}) when P1 >= P2 -> {match,P1,S1};
-re_apply_or({match,_P1,_S1}, {match,P2,S2}) -> {match,P2,S2};
-re_apply_or(nomatch, R2) -> R2;
-re_apply_or(R1, nomatch) -> R1.
-
-%% sh_to_awk(ShellRegExp)
-%%  Convert a sh style regexp into a full AWK one. The main difficulty is
-%%  getting character sets right as the conventions are different.
-
--spec sh_to_awk(ShRegExp) -> AwkRegExp when
-      ShRegExp :: string(),
-      AwkRegExp :: string().
-
-sh_to_awk(Sh) -> "^(" ++ sh_to_awk_1(Sh).	%Fix the beginning
-
-sh_to_awk_1([$*|Sh]) ->				%This matches any string
-    ".*" ++ sh_to_awk_1(Sh);
-sh_to_awk_1([$?|Sh]) ->				%This matches any character
-    [$.|sh_to_awk_1(Sh)];
-sh_to_awk_1([$[,$^,$]|Sh]) ->			%This takes careful handling
-    "\\^" ++ sh_to_awk_1(Sh);
-sh_to_awk_1("[^" ++ Sh) -> [$[|sh_to_awk_2(Sh, true)];
-sh_to_awk_1("[!" ++ Sh) -> "[^" ++ sh_to_awk_2(Sh, false);
-sh_to_awk_1([$[|Sh]) -> [$[|sh_to_awk_2(Sh, false)];
-sh_to_awk_1([C|Sh]) ->
-    %% Unspecialise everything else which is not an escape character.
-    case special_char(C) of
-	true -> [$\\,C|sh_to_awk_1(Sh)];
-	false -> [C|sh_to_awk_1(Sh)]
-    end;
-sh_to_awk_1([]) -> ")$".			%Fix the end
-
-sh_to_awk_2([$]|Sh], UpArrow) -> [$]|sh_to_awk_3(Sh, UpArrow)];
-sh_to_awk_2(Sh, UpArrow) -> sh_to_awk_3(Sh, UpArrow).
-
-sh_to_awk_3([$]|Sh], true) -> "^]" ++ sh_to_awk_1(Sh);
-sh_to_awk_3([$]|Sh], false) -> [$]|sh_to_awk_1(Sh)];
-sh_to_awk_3([C|Sh], UpArrow) -> [C|sh_to_awk_3(Sh, UpArrow)];
-sh_to_awk_3([], true) -> [$^|sh_to_awk_1([])];
-sh_to_awk_3([], false) -> sh_to_awk_1([]).
-
-%% -type special_char(char()) -> bool().
-%%  Test if a character is a special character.
-
-special_char($|) -> true;
-special_char($*) -> true;
-special_char($+) -> true;
-special_char($?) -> true;
-special_char($() -> true;
-special_char($)) -> true;
-special_char($\\) -> true;
-special_char($^) -> true;
-special_char($$) -> true;
-special_char($.) -> true;
-special_char($[) -> true;
-special_char($]) -> true;
-special_char($") -> true;
-special_char(_C) -> false.
-
-%% parse(RegExp) -> {ok,RE} | {error,E}.
-%%  Parse the regexp described in the string RegExp.
-
--spec parse(RegExp) -> ParseRes when
-      RegExp :: string(),
-      ParseRes :: {ok, RE} | {error, Error},
-      RE :: regexp(),
-      Error :: errordesc().
-
-parse(S) ->
-    case catch reg(S) of
-	{R,[]} -> {ok,R};
-	{_R,[C|_]} -> {error,{illegal,[C]}};
-	{error,E} -> {error,E}
-    end.
-
-%% format_error(Error) -> String.
-
--spec format_error(ErrorDescriptor) -> Chars when
-      ErrorDescriptor :: errordesc(),
-      Chars :: io_lib:chars().
-
-format_error({illegal,What}) -> ["illegal character `",What,"'"];
-format_error({unterminated,What}) -> ["unterminated `",What,"'"];
-format_error({char_class,What}) ->
-    ["illegal character class ",io_lib:write_string(What)].
-
-%% -type match(String, RegExp) -> matchres().
-%%  Find the longest match of RegExp in String.
-
--spec match(String, RegExp) -> MatchRes when
-      String :: string(),
-      RegExp :: string() | regexp(),
-      MatchRes :: {match, Start, Length} | nomatch | {error, Error},
-      Start :: pos_integer(),
-      Length :: pos_integer(),
-      Error :: errordesc().
-
-match(S, RegExp) when is_list(RegExp) ->
-    case parse(RegExp) of
-	{ok,RE} -> match(S, RE);
-	{error,E} -> {error,E}
-    end;
-match(S, RE) ->
-    case match(RE, S, 1, 0, -1) of
-	{Start,Len} when Len >= 0 ->
-	    {match,Start,Len};
-	{_Start,_Len} -> nomatch
-    end.
-
-match(RE, S, St, Pos, L) ->
-    case first_match(RE, S, St) of
-	{St1,L1} ->
-	    Nst = St1 + 1,
-	    if L1 > L -> match(RE, lists:nthtail(Nst-St, S), Nst, St1, L1);
-	       true -> match(RE, lists:nthtail(Nst-St, S), Nst, Pos, L)
-	    end;
-	nomatch -> {Pos,L}
-    end.
-
-%% -type first_match(String, RegExp) -> matchres().
-%%  Find the first match of RegExp in String.
-
--spec first_match(String, RegExp) -> MatchRes when
-      String :: string(),
-      RegExp :: string() | regexp(),
-      MatchRes :: {match, Start, Length} | nomatch | {error, Error},
-      Start :: pos_integer(),
-      Length :: pos_integer(),
-      Error :: errordesc().
-
-first_match(S, RegExp) when is_list(RegExp) ->
-    case parse(RegExp) of
-	{ok,RE} -> first_match(S, RE);
-	{error,E} -> {error,E}
-    end;
-first_match(S, RE) ->
-    case first_match(RE, S, 1) of
-	{Start,Len} when Len >= 0 ->
-	    {match,Start,Len};
-	nomatch -> nomatch
-    end.
-
-first_match(RE, S, St) when S =/= [] ->
-    case re_apply(S, St, RE) of
-	{match,P,_Rest} -> {St,P-St};
-	nomatch -> first_match(RE, tl(S), St+1)
-    end;
-first_match(_RE, [], _St) -> nomatch.
-
-%% -type matches(String, RegExp) -> {match,[{Start,Length}]} | {error,E}.
-%%  Return the all the non-overlapping matches of RegExp in String.
-
--spec matches(String, RegExp) -> MatchRes when
-      String :: string(),
-      RegExp :: string() | regexp(),
-      MatchRes :: {match, Matches} | {error, Error},
-      Matches :: [{Start, Length}],
-      Start :: pos_integer(),
-      Length :: pos_integer(),
-      Error :: errordesc().
-
-matches(S, RegExp) when is_list(RegExp) ->
-    case parse(RegExp) of
-	{ok,RE} -> matches(S, RE);
-	{error,E} -> {error,E}
-    end;
-matches(S, RE) ->
-    {match,matches(S, RE, 1)}.
-
-matches(S, RE, St) ->
-    case first_match(RE, S, St) of
-	{St1,0} -> [{St1,0}|matches(substr(S, St1+2-St), RE, St1+1)];
-	{St1,L1} -> [{St1,L1}|matches(substr(S, St1+L1+1-St), RE, St1+L1)];
-	nomatch -> []
-    end.
-
-%% -type sub(String, RegExp, Replace) -> subsres().
-%%  Substitute the first match of the regular expression RegExp with
-%%  the string Replace in String. Accept pre-parsed regular
-%%  expressions.
-
--spec sub(String, RegExp, New) -> SubRes when
-      String :: string(),
-      RegExp :: string() | regexp(),
-      New :: string(),
-      NewString :: string(),
-      SubRes :: {ok, NewString, RepCount} | {error, Error},
-      RepCount :: 0 | 1,
-      Error :: errordesc().
-
-sub(String, RegExp, Rep) when is_list(RegExp) ->
-    case parse(RegExp) of
-	{ok,RE} -> sub(String, RE, Rep);
-	{error,E} -> {error,E}
-    end;
-sub(String, RE, Rep) ->
-    Ss = sub_match(String, RE, 1),
-    {ok,sub_repl(Ss, Rep, String, 1),length(Ss)}.
-
-sub_match(S, RE, St) ->
-    case first_match(RE, S, St) of
-	{St1,L1} -> [{St1,L1}];
-	nomatch -> []
-    end.
-
-sub_repl([{St,L}|Ss], Rep, S, Pos) ->
-    Rs = sub_repl(Ss, Rep, S, St+L),
-    substr(S, Pos, St-Pos) ++ sub_repl(Rep, substr(S, St, L), Rs);
-sub_repl([], _Rep, S, Pos) -> substr(S, Pos).
-
-sub_repl([$&|Rep], M, Rest) -> M ++ sub_repl(Rep, M, Rest);
-sub_repl("\\&" ++ Rep, M, Rest) -> [$&|sub_repl(Rep, M, Rest)];
-sub_repl([C|Rep], M, Rest) -> [C|sub_repl(Rep, M, Rest)];
-sub_repl([], _M, Rest) -> Rest.
-
-%% -type gsub(String, RegExp, Replace) -> subres().
-%%  Substitute every match of the regular expression RegExp with the
-%%  string New in String. Accept pre-parsed regular expressions.
-
--spec gsub(String, RegExp, New) -> SubRes when
-      String :: string(),
-      RegExp :: string() | regexp(),
-      New :: string(),
-      NewString :: string(),
-      SubRes :: {ok, NewString, RepCount} | {error, Error},
-      RepCount :: non_neg_integer(),
-      Error :: errordesc().
-
-gsub(String, RegExp, Rep) when is_list(RegExp) ->
-    case parse(RegExp) of
-	{ok,RE} -> gsub(String, RE, Rep);
-	{error,E} -> {error,E}
-    end;
-gsub(String, RE, Rep) ->
-    Ss = matches(String, RE, 1),
-    {ok,sub_repl(Ss, Rep, String, 1),length(Ss)}.
-
-%% -type split(String, RegExp) -> splitres().
-%%  Split a string into substrings where the RegExp describes the
-%%  field seperator. The RegExp " " is specially treated.
-
--spec split(String, RegExp) -> SplitRes when
-      String :: string(),
-      RegExp :: string() | regexp(),
-      SplitRes :: {ok, FieldList} | {error, Error},
-      FieldList :: [string()],
-      Error :: errordesc().
-
-split(String, " ") ->				%This is really special
-    {ok,RE} = parse("[ \t]+"),
-    case split_apply(String, RE, true) of
-	[[]|Ss] -> {ok,Ss};
-	Ss -> {ok,Ss}
-    end;
-split(String, RegExp) when is_list(RegExp) ->
-    case parse(RegExp) of
-	{ok,RE} -> {ok,split_apply(String, RE, false)};
-	{error,E} -> {error,E}
-    end;
-split(String, RE) -> {ok,split_apply(String, RE, false)}.
-
-split_apply(S, RE, Trim) -> split_apply(S, 1, RE, Trim, []).
-
-split_apply([], _P, _RE, true, []) -> [];
-split_apply([], _P, _RE, _T, Sub) -> [reverse(Sub)];
-split_apply(S, P, RE, T, Sub) ->
-    case re_apply(S, P, RE) of
-	{match,P,_Rest} ->
-	    split_apply(tl(S), P+1, RE, T, [hd(S)|Sub]);
-	{match,P1,Rest} ->
-	    [reverse(Sub)|split_apply(Rest, P1, RE, T, [])];
-	nomatch ->
-	    split_apply(tl(S), P+1, RE, T, [hd(S)|Sub])
-    end.
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/stdlib.app.src b/lib/stdlib/src/stdlib.app.src
index 9d15f01683..da65db4b9d 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/stdlib.app.src
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/stdlib.app.src
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
 	     queue,
 	     random,
 	     re,
-	     regexp,
 	     sets,
 	     shell,
 	     shell_default,