[Python-Dev] Urgent: regex Perl vs Python

[holger krekel]

Christian Tismer wrote:
> Christian Tismer wrote:
> > Hi Friends,
> > 
> > It is said that with the new re module, Python "has the regular
> > expressions like Perl".
> > Can somebody tell me to what extent this is true?
> > I need to convince s.o. not to use Perl for a larger project,
> > but I cannot answer the question up to which version the
> > Python re's are covering all of Perl's?
> 
> Please, can somebody give me just a version number?
> I really need this info, and I'm not intending
> to start a thread, I sware.

hi chris,

Maybe you could mail the current regex maintainer (IIRC Frederik Lundh).

Or work yourself and dig through google :-)

ciao holger