regex multiple patterns in order

[Devin Jeanpierre]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 20/01/2014 16:04, Neil Cerutti wrote:
>> I use regular expressions regularly, for example, when editing
>> text with gvim. But when I want to use them in Python I have to
>> contend with the re module. I've never become comfortable with
>> it.
>>
>
> You don't have to, there's always the "new" regex module that's been on pypi
> for years.  Or are you saying that you'd like to use regex but other
> influences that are outside of your sphere of control prevent you from doing
> so?

I don't see any way in which someone uncomfortable with the re module
would magically find themselves perfectly at home with the regex
module. The regex module is the re module with some extra features
(and complexity), is it not?

-- Devin