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Re: ignore case only for a part of the regex?

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In article <mailman.1467.1356885520.29569.python-list@python.org>,
 Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom@gmail.com> wrote:

> you may check the new regex implementation for python
> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/regex

Wow, I wasn't aware of such an effort.

At first reading, I'm amused by the concept of "strict fuzzy matching".

Those of us with long memories will be confused by the name of the 
module, however.  To me, "regex" is the old version, and "re" is the new 
(http://docs.python.org/release/1.5.1/lib/module-regex.html).  Now, it's 
going to be "regex" is either the really old, or the really new version, 
and "re" is what came in between.  I suppose the next iteration after 
this will be called "re" again :-)

I'm not sure I like the fuzzy matching stuff.  On the one hand, it can 
be useful.  On the other hand, people already complain about how 
difficult it can be to read regexes.  Once we add things like 
{i<=1,d<=1,s<=1,2i+2d+1s<=4} in the mix, it's going to be total line 
noise.

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re: ignore case only for a part of the regex? Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@skynet.be> - 2012-12-30 11:24 +0000
  Re: ignore case only for a part of the regex? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-12-30 10:20 -0500
    Re: ignore case only for a part of the regex? Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2012-12-30 10:41 -0500
    Re: ignore case only for a part of the regex? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-01 04:14 +0000
      Re: ignore case only for a part of the regex? Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom@gmail.com> - 2013-01-02 00:09 +0100
        Re: ignore case only for a part of the regex? wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-01-02 06:17 -0800
        Re: ignore case only for a part of the regex? wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-01-02 06:17 -0800
  Re: ignore case only for a part of the regex? Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom@gmail.com> - 2012-12-30 17:38 +0100
    Re: ignore case only for a part of the regex? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-12-30 12:32 -0500
      Re: ignore case only for a part of the regex? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-12-30 18:04 +0000
      Re: ignore case only for a part of the regex? Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2012-12-31 11:29 +1100

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