[Python-ideas] Support parsing stream with `re`

[Jonathan Fine]

I wrote:
> This is a regular expression problem, rather than a Python problem.

Ram wrote:
> Do you have evidence for this assertion, except that
> other regex implementations have this limitation?

Yes.

1. I've already supplied: https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/11776
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression does not contain
the word 'stream'.

Ram wrote:
> For my use case, it unfortunately can't.

For that case, Ram, I've already given my best advice. If you get a
better idea, please do follow it. And share it with us, so we can all
learn.

-- 
Jonathan