[Python-Dev] Re: pre-PEP [corrected]: Complete, Structured Regular Expression Group Matching

Mike Coleman mkc at mathdogs.com
Tue Aug 10 03:15:52 CEST 2004


Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> writes:
> This section needs fleshing out to explain why re.structmatch works better
> for some purposes than forcing people to switch to a full-blown parser.

That's a good point.  I spent a while thinking about this, but didn't document
why I thought it was still worthwhile.  (See my nearby reply to Stephen
Turnbull for some thoughts.)

Mike




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