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diff --git a/lib/impure/re.nim b/lib/impure/re.nim
index 0c96876b9..053c6ab55 100644
--- a/lib/impure/re.nim
+++ b/lib/impure/re.nim
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ when defined(js):
 ## C library. This means that your application will depend on the PCRE
 ## library's licence when using this module, which should not be a problem
 ## though.
+##
+## .. note:: There are also alternative nimble packages such as [tinyre](https://github.com/khchen/tinyre)
+##   and [regex](https://github.com/nitely/nim-regex).
+##
 ## PCRE's licence follows:
 ##
 ## .. include:: ../../doc/regexprs.txt
@@ -32,7 +36,10 @@ runnableExamples:
     # can't match start of string since we're starting at 1
 
 import
-  pcre, strutils, rtarrays
+  std/[pcre, strutils, rtarrays]
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/syncio
 
 const
   MaxSubpatterns* = 20
@@ -41,12 +48,12 @@ const
 
 type
   RegexFlag* = enum     ## options for regular expressions
-    reIgnoreCase = 0,    ## do caseless matching
-    reMultiLine = 1,     ## `^` and `$` match newlines within data
-    reDotAll = 2,        ## `.` matches anything including NL
-    reExtended = 3,      ## ignore whitespace and `#` comments
-    reStudy = 4          ## study the expression (may be omitted if the
-                         ## expression will be used only once)
+    reIgnoreCase = 0,   ## do caseless matching
+    reMultiLine = 1,    ## `^` and `$` match newlines within data
+    reDotAll = 2,       ## `.` matches anything including NL
+    reExtended = 3,     ## ignore whitespace and `#` comments
+    reStudy = 4         ## study the expression (may be omitted if the
+                        ## expression will be used only once)
 
   RegexDesc = object
     h: ptr Pcre
@@ -58,10 +65,16 @@ type
     ## is raised if the pattern is no valid regular expression.
 
 when defined(gcDestructors):
-  proc `=destroy`(x: var RegexDesc) =
-    pcre.free_substring(cast[cstring](x.h))
-    if not isNil(x.e):
-      pcre.free_study(x.e)
+  when defined(nimAllowNonVarDestructor):
+    proc `=destroy`(x: RegexDesc) =
+      pcre.free_substring(cast[cstring](x.h))
+      if not isNil(x.e):
+        pcre.free_study(x.e)
+  else:
+    proc `=destroy`(x: var RegexDesc) =
+      pcre.free_substring(cast[cstring](x.h))
+      if not isNil(x.e):
+        pcre.free_study(x.e)
 
 proc raiseInvalidRegex(msg: string) {.noinline, noreturn.} =
   var e: ref RegexError
@@ -141,6 +154,10 @@ proc matchOrFind(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
     else: matches[i-1] = ""
   return rawMatches[1] - rawMatches[0]
 
+const MaxReBufSize* = high(cint)
+  ## Maximum PCRE (API 1) buffer start/size equal to `high(cint)`, which even
+  ## for 64-bit systems can be either 2`31`:sup:-1 or 2`63`:sup:-1.
+
 proc findBounds*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
                  start = 0, bufSize: int): tuple[first, last: int] =
   ## returns the starting position and end position of `pattern` in `buf`
@@ -148,6 +165,9 @@ proc findBounds*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
   ## and the captured
   ## substrings in the array `matches`. If it does not match, nothing
   ## is written into `matches` and `(-1,0)` is returned.
+  ##
+  ## Note: The memory for `matches` needs to be allocated before this function is
+  ## called, otherwise it will just remain empty.
   var
     rtarray = initRtArray[cint]((matches.len+1)*3)
     rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData
@@ -167,16 +187,27 @@ proc findBounds*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
   ## and the captured substrings in the array `matches`.
   ## If it does not match, nothing
   ## is written into `matches` and `(-1,0)` is returned.
-  result = findBounds(cstring(s), pattern, matches, start, s.len)
+  ##
+  ## .. note:: The memory for `matches` needs to be allocated before this function is called, otherwise it will just remain empty.
+  runnableExamples:
+    var matches = newSeq[string](1)
+    let (first, last) = findBounds("Hello World", re"(W\w+)", matches)
+    doAssert first == 6
+    doAssert last == 10
+    doAssert matches[0] == "World"
+  result = findBounds(cstring(s), pattern, matches,
+      min(start, MaxReBufSize), min(s.len, MaxReBufSize))
 
 proc findBounds*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex,
                  matches: var openArray[tuple[first, last: int]],
-                 start = 0, bufSize = 0): tuple[first, last: int] =
+                 start = 0, bufSize: int): tuple[first, last: int] =
   ## returns the starting position and end position of `pattern` in `buf`
   ## (where `buf` has length `bufSize` and is not necessarily `'\0'` terminated),
   ## and the captured substrings in the array `matches`.
   ## If it does not match, nothing is written into `matches` and
   ## `(-1,0)` is returned.
+  ##
+  ## .. note:: The memory for `matches` needs to be allocated before this function is called, otherwise it will just remain empty.
   var
     rtarray = initRtArray[cint]((matches.len+1)*3)
     rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData
@@ -197,7 +228,28 @@ proc findBounds*(s: string, pattern: Regex,
   ## and the captured substrings in the array `matches`.
   ## If it does not match, nothing is written into `matches` and
   ## `(-1,0)` is returned.
-  result = findBounds(cstring(s), pattern, matches, start, s.len)
+  ##
+  ## .. note:: The memory for `matches` needs to be allocated before this function is called, otherwise it will just remain empty.
+  runnableExamples:
+    var matches = newSeq[tuple[first, last: int]](1)
+    let (first, last) = findBounds("Hello World", re"(\w+)", matches)
+    doAssert first == 0
+    doAssert last == 4
+    doAssert matches[0] == (0, 4)
+  result = findBounds(cstring(s), pattern, matches,
+      min(start, MaxReBufSize), min(s.len, MaxReBufSize))
+
+proc findBoundsImpl(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex,
+                    start = 0, bufSize = 0, flags = 0): tuple[first, last: int] =
+  var rtarray = initRtArray[cint](3)
+  let rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData
+  let res = pcre.exec(pattern.h, pattern.e, buf, bufSize.cint, start.cint, flags.int32,
+                cast[ptr cint](rawMatches), 3)
+
+  if res < 0'i32:
+    result = (-1, 0)
+  else:
+    result = (int(rawMatches[0]), int(rawMatches[1]-1))
 
 proc findBounds*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex,
                  start = 0, bufSize: int): tuple[first, last: int] =
@@ -220,7 +272,8 @@ proc findBounds*(s: string, pattern: Regex,
   ## Note: there is a speed improvement if the matches do not need to be captured.
   runnableExamples:
     assert findBounds("01234abc89", re"abc") == (5,7)
-  result = findBounds(cstring(s), pattern, start, s.len)
+  result = findBounds(cstring(s), pattern,
+      min(start, MaxReBufSize), min(s.len, MaxReBufSize))
 
 proc matchOrFind(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, start, bufSize: int, flags: cint): cint =
   var
@@ -236,6 +289,8 @@ proc matchLen*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
   ## the same as `match`, but it returns the length of the match,
   ## if there is no match, `-1` is returned. Note that a match length
   ## of zero can happen.
+  ##
+  ## .. note:: The memory for `matches` needs to be allocated before this function is called, otherwise it will just remain empty.
   result = matchOrFind(cstring(s), pattern, matches, start.cint, s.len.cint, pcre.ANCHORED)
 
 proc matchLen*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
@@ -243,6 +298,8 @@ proc matchLen*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
   ## the same as `match`, but it returns the length of the match,
   ## if there is no match, `-1` is returned. Note that a match length
   ## of zero can happen.
+  ##
+  ## .. note:: The memory for `matches` needs to be allocated before this function is called, otherwise it will just remain empty.
   return matchOrFind(buf, pattern, matches, start.cint, bufSize.cint, pcre.ANCHORED)
 
 proc matchLen*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): int {.inline.} =
@@ -273,6 +330,7 @@ proc match*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
   ## match, nothing is written into `matches` and `false` is
   ## returned.
   ##
+  ## .. note:: The memory for `matches` needs to be allocated before this function is called, otherwise it will just remain empty.
   runnableExamples:
     import std/sequtils
     var matches: array[2, string]
@@ -287,14 +345,18 @@ proc match*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
   ## match, nothing is written into `matches` and `false` is
   ## returned.
   ## `buf` has length `bufSize` (not necessarily `'\0'` terminated).
+  ##
+  ## .. note:: The memory for `matches` needs to be allocated before this function is called, otherwise it will just remain empty.
   result = matchLen(buf, pattern, matches, start, bufSize) != -1
 
 proc find*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
-           start = 0, bufSize = 0): int =
+           start = 0, bufSize: int): int =
   ## returns the starting position of `pattern` in `buf` and the captured
   ## substrings in the array `matches`. If it does not match, nothing
   ## is written into `matches` and `-1` is returned.
   ## `buf` has length `bufSize` (not necessarily `'\0'` terminated).
+  ##
+  ## .. note:: The memory for `matches` needs to be allocated before this function is called, otherwise it will just remain empty.
   var
     rtarray = initRtArray[cint]((matches.len+1)*3)
     rawMatches = rtarray.getRawData
@@ -313,6 +375,8 @@ proc find*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
   ## returns the starting position of `pattern` in `s` and the captured
   ## substrings in the array `matches`. If it does not match, nothing
   ## is written into `matches` and `-1` is returned.
+  ##
+  ## .. note:: The memory for `matches` needs to be allocated before this function is called, otherwise it will just remain empty.
   result = find(cstring(s), pattern, matches, start, s.len)
 
 proc find*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, start = 0, bufSize: int): int =
@@ -382,7 +446,7 @@ iterator findAll*(buf: cstring, pattern: Regex, start = 0, bufSize: int): string
 
 proc findAll*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): seq[string] {.inline.} =
   ## returns all matching `substrings` of `s` that match `pattern`.
-  ## If it does not match, @[] is returned.
+  ## If it does not match, `@[]` is returned.
   result = @[]
   for x in findAll(s, pattern, start): result.add x
 
@@ -396,7 +460,7 @@ template `=~` *(s: string, pattern: Regex): untyped =
       elif line =~ re"\s*(\#.*)": # matches a comment
         # note that the implicit `matches` array is different from 1st branch
         result = $(matches[0],)
-      else: doAssert false
+      else: raiseAssert "unreachable"
       doAssert not declared(matches)
     doAssert parse("NAME = LENA") == """("NAME", "LENA")"""
     doAssert parse("   # comment ... ") == """("# comment ... ",)"""
@@ -414,6 +478,8 @@ proc contains*(s: string, pattern: Regex, start = 0): bool {.inline.} =
 proc contains*(s: string, pattern: Regex, matches: var openArray[string],
               start = 0): bool {.inline.} =
   ## same as `find(s, pattern, matches, start) >= 0`
+  ##
+  ## .. note:: The memory for `matches` needs to be allocated before this function is called, otherwise it will just remain empty.
   return find(s, pattern, matches, start) >= 0
 
 proc startsWith*(s: string, prefix: Regex): bool {.inline.} =
@@ -433,12 +499,16 @@ proc replace*(s: string, sub: Regex, by = ""): string =
     doAssert "var1=key; var2=key2".replace(re"(\w+)=(\w+)", "?") == "?; ?"
   result = ""
   var prev = 0
+  var flags = int32(0)
   while prev < s.len:
-    var match = findBounds(s, sub, prev)
+    var match = findBoundsImpl(s.cstring, sub, prev, s.len, flags)
+    flags = 0
     if match.first < 0: break
     add(result, substr(s, prev, match.first-1))
     add(result, by)
-    if match.last + 1 == prev: break
+    if match.first > match.last:
+      # 0-len match
+      flags = pcre.NOTEMPTY_ATSTART
     prev = match.last + 1
   add(result, substr(s, prev))
 
@@ -499,19 +569,22 @@ iterator split*(s: string, sep: Regex; maxsplit = -1): string =
       @["", "this", "is", "an", "example", ""]
   var last = 0
   var splits = maxsplit
-  var x: int
+  var x = -1
+  if len(s) == 0:
+    last = 1
+  if matchLen(s, sep, 0) == 0:
+    x = 0
   while last <= len(s):
     var first = last
     var sepLen = 1
+    if x == 0:
+      inc(last)
     while last < len(s):
       x = matchLen(s, sep, last)
       if x >= 0:
         sepLen = x
         break
       inc(last)
-    if x == 0:
-      if last >= len(s): break
-      inc last
     if splits == 0: last = len(s)
     yield substr(s, first, last-1)
     if splits == 0: break