// f : Matcher -> S
sS regexReplace(S s, S pat, O f) {
  Matcher m = Pattern.compile(pat).matcher(s);
  ret regexReplace(m, f);
}

sS regexReplace(S s, S pat, S replacement) {
  ret regexpReplace_direct(s, pat, replacement);
}

sS regexReplace(Matcher m, O f) {
  new StringBuffer buf;
  while (m.find())
    m.appendReplacement(buf, m.quoteReplacement(str(callF(f, m))));
  m.appendTail(buf);
  ret str(buf);
}

sS regexReplace(S s, S pat, IF1<Matcher, S> f) {
  ret regexReplace(s, pat, (O) f);
}

Began life as a copy of #1005236