re.split question

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <m3k8fiosky.fsf at gondolin.beleriand>,
Steffen Ries  <steffen.ries at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>I'm trying use re.split to separate an LDAP Distinguished Name into
>its naming components. The naming components are of the form
>"attr=value" and they are separated by ",".
>
>The part, which I can't solve is, that "value" may contain the
>sequence "\,", which obviously does not separate a naming component.

Unfortunately, specifying a string to *not* use is one of the hardest
tasks for an re.  While it can be done, it basically makes your code
unreadable and unmaintainable to anyone except an re expert.  Cliff's
suggestion is probably the best other than what you're currently doing.
In any event, comment this section of code carefully.
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