[BangPypers] Do you think a more declarative RE syntax would make the world a better place ?

[karthik]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Vishal <vsapre80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Vishal <vsapre80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am trying to create a python function that can take an plain
> > english description of a regular expression and return the
> > regular expression to the caller.
> Thanks everybody for the insight that you have shared with me and the
group.
>
> As of now, I am abandoning this weekend project, and have started looking
> for something else :))
You might be interested in http://txt2regex.sourceforge.net/.  It
does what you're asking for but it's most useful when you forget
differences between regex dialects (I use python, 2 greps, vi, vim,
2 seds, awk).

With best regards,

Karthik