BaseTools: Add new RegEx pattern to GlobalData

[mirror_edk2.git] / BaseTools / Source / Python / Common / GlobalData.py

diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/GlobalData.py b/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/GlobalData.py
index fab67601a9e5f49c4bdcc023f5caf65805119736..f58dc5a8dda225a973f57c20abdb2508c28e866c 100644 (file)
--- a/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/GlobalData.py
+++ b/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/GlobalData.py
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ gGuidPatternEnd = re.compile(r'{}$'.format(_GuidPattern))
 g4HexChar = re.compile(r'{}{{4}}'.format(_HexChar))\r
 gHexPattern = re.compile(r'0[xX]{}+'.format(_HexChar))\r
 \r
+## Regular expressions for string identifier checking\r
+gIdentifierPattern = re.compile('^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$', re.UNICODE)\r
+\r
 #\r
 # A global variable for whether current build in AutoGen phase or not.\r
 #\r