[Python-Dev] Re: pre-PEP [corrected]: Complete, Structured Regular Expression Group Matching (original) (raw)

Mike Coleman mkc at mathdogs.com
Tue Aug 10 03:15:52 CEST 2004

Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> writes:

This section needs fleshing out to explain why re.structmatch works better for some purposes than forcing people to switch to a full-blown parser.

That's a good point. I spent a while thinking about this, but didn't document why I thought it was still worthwhile. (See my nearby reply to Stephen Turnbull for some thoughts.)

Mike

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