[Python-Dev] Re: Decorators: vertical bar syntax

[Fredrik Lundh]

David Eppstein wrote:

> I think quoted string recognition in Python is still regular, not
> context-free.  Anyway, the syntax highlighters in editors that I've used
> don't seem to have a problem with it.

shouldn't a simple parenthesis counter suffice?  you have to count
parens in many cases anyway (e.g. to find function bodies).

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