ignore case only for a part of the regex?

[Roy Smith]

In article <mailman.1467.1356885520.29569.python-list at python.org>,
 Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom at gmail.com> wrote:

> you may check the new regex implementation for python
> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/regex

Wow, I wasn't aware of such an effort.

At first reading, I'm amused by the concept of "strict fuzzy matching".

Those of us with long memories will be confused by the name of the 
module, however.  To me, "regex" is the old version, and "re" is the new 
(http://docs.python.org/release/1.5.1/lib/module-regex.html).  Now, it's 
going to be "regex" is either the really old, or the really new version, 
and "re" is what came in between.  I suppose the next iteration after 
this will be called "re" again :-)

I'm not sure I like the fuzzy matching stuff.  On the one hand, it can 
be useful.  On the other hand, people already complain about how 
difficult it can be to read regexes.  Once we add things like 
{i<=1,d<=1,s<=1,2i+2d+1s<=4} in the mix, it's going to be total line 
noise.