[Python-Dev] New regex module for 3.2?

Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Thu Jul 8 23:48:45 CEST 2010


2010/7/8 MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> I re-implemented the re module, adding new features and speed
> improvements. It's available at:
>
>    http://pypi.python.org/pypi/regex
>
> under the name "regex" so that it can be tried alongside "re".
>
> I'd be interested in any comments or feedback. How does it compare with
> "re" in terms of speed on real-world data? The benchmarks suggest it
> should be faster, or at worst comparable.
>
> How much interest would there be in putting it in Python 3.2?

It would really be nice if you explained incrementally everything you
changed, so it could better be evaluated.


-- 
Regards,
Benjamin


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