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Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive.

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From Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com>
Date 2012-01-25 18:19 -0500
Subject Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive.
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Duncan Booth
<duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> The problem with your idea is that it breaks compatability with other non-
> Python regular expression engines. Python didn't invent the (?...) syntax,
> it originated with Perl.
>
> Try complaining to a Perl group instead.

The Perl folks didn't like it either:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_6_rules

-- Devin

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PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 09:16 -0800
  Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 09:33 -0800
  Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-25 19:32 +0000
    Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 18:19 -0500
  Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 13:17 -0700
    Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 13:19 -0800
      Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-25 21:41 +0000
        Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 14:26 -0800
      Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 16:36 -0700
        Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 16:14 -0800
          Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-26 01:58 +0000
          Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 21:24 -0500
            Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 20:21 -0800
          Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Evan Driscoll <edriscoll@wisc.edu> - 2012-01-25 23:38 -0600
    Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-26 05:28 +0000
  Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-01-25 15:33 -0500
  Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 18:28 -0500
    Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 15:44 -0800
      Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-26 05:28 +0000
  Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-26 01:54 +0000
    Re: PyWart: Python regular expression syntax is not intuitive. Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 19:05 -0700

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