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Re: Utility to locate errors in regular expressions

From Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Utility to locate errors in regular expressions
Date 2013-05-24 13:58 +0000
Organization Norwich University
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References <mailman.2062.1369400329.3114.python-list@python.org> <roy-14A84E.09121624052013@news.panix.com>

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On 2013-05-24, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> Of course, most of Python user community are wimps and shy away
> from big hairy regexes [ducking and running].

I prefer the simple, lumbering regular expressions like those in
the original Night of the Regular Expressions. The fast, powerful
ones from programs like the remake of Dawn of the GREP, just
aren't as scary.

-- 
Neil Cerutti

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Utility to locate errors in regular expressions Malte Forkel <malte.forkel@berlin.de> - 2013-05-24 14:58 +0200
  Re: Utility to locate errors in regular expressions Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-05-24 09:12 -0400
    Re: Utility to locate errors in regular expressions Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-05-24 13:58 +0000
  Re: Utility to locate errors in regular expressions rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 07:09 -0700
  Re: Utility to locate errors in regular expressions Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2013-05-24 20:21 +0200

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