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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 19:01:05 +1000
Subject: Re: how to avoid leading white spaces
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Octavian Rasnita <orasnita@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is not so hard to decide whether using RE is a good thing or not.
>
> When the speed is important and every millisecond counts, RE should be used
> only when there is no other faster way, because usually RE is less faster
> than using other core Perl/Python functions that can do matching and
> replacing.
>
> When the speed is not such a big issue, RE should be used only if it is
> easier to understand and maintain than using the core functions. And of
> course, RE should be used when the core functions cannot do what RE can do.

for X in features:
  "When speed is important and every millisecond counts, X should be
used only when there is no other faster way."
  "When speed is not such a big issue, X should be used only if it is
easier to understand and maintain than other ways."

I think that's fairly obvious. :)

Chris Angelico