Renamed match function to 'findAllMatches', to better represent what it does

main.go

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func main() {
 	re_postfix := shuntingYard(re)
 	// fmt.Println(re_postfix)
 	startState := thompson(re_postfix)
-	matchIndices := match(startState, os.Args[2])
+	matchIndices := findAllMatches(startState, os.Args[2])
 	inColor := false
 	if len(matchIndices) > 0 {
 		for i, c := range os.Args[2] {

matching.go

@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ func takeZeroState(states []*State) (rtv []*State, isZero bool) {
 	return rtv, false
 }
 
-// match tries to match the regex represented by given start-state, with
+// findAllMatches tries to findAllMatches the regex represented by given start-state, with
 // the given string
-func match(start *State, str string) (indices []matchIndex) {
+func findAllMatches(start *State, str string) (indices []matchIndex) {
-	return matchHelper(start, str, make([]matchIndex, 0), 0)
+	return findAllMatchesHelper(start, str, make([]matchIndex, 0), 0)
 }
-func matchHelper(start *State, str string, indices []matchIndex, offset int) []matchIndex {
+func findAllMatchesHelper(start *State, str string, indices []matchIndex, offset int) []matchIndex {
 	// 'Base case' - exit if string is empty
 	if len(str) == 0 {
 		return indices
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func matchHelper(start *State, str string, indices []matchIndex, offset int) []m
 			if i == startingFrom {
 				i++
 			}
-			return matchHelper(start, str[i:], indices, offset+i)
+			return findAllMatchesHelper(start, str[i:], indices, offset+i)
 		}
 		currentStates = make([]*State, len(tempStates))
 		copy(currentStates, tempStates)