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List:       python-list
Subject:    Re: I need some help with a regexp please
From:       "codefire" <tony.bedford () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-09-26 9:07:51
Message-ID: 1159261671.106976.147230 () e3g2000cwe ! googlegroups ! com
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> I still don't touch regular expressions... They may be fast, but to
> me they are just as much line noise as PERL... I can usually code a
> partial "parser" faster than try to figure out an RE.

Yes, it seems to me that REs are a bit "hit and miss" - the only way to
tell if you've got a RE "right" is by testing exhaustively - but you
can never be sure.... They are fine for simple pattern matching though.

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