regex multiple patterns in order

[Mark Lawrence]

On 20/01/2014 17:06, Rustom Mody wrote:
> On Monday, January 20, 2014 10:10:32 PM UTC+5:30, Devin Jeanpierre wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Mark Lawrence 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?
>
> I wonder whether the re/regex modules are at fault?
> Or is it that in a manual whose readability is otherwise exemplary the re pages
> are a bit painful
>
> eg reading http://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html#module-contents
> the first thing one reads is compile
>

http://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html gives "re — Regular expression 
operations" and 
http://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#regular-expression-syntax gives 
"Regular Expression Syntax".  Are you saying that the module contents 
should come before both of these?

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Mark Lawrence