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

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Tue Aug 10 15:06:36 CEST 2004

Erik Heneryd wrote:

I hacked up a Python prototype, mostly as a challenge. It's brittle and it's ugly, but it kind of works. Though, if /F says it would require a major rewrite of the C-engine, that's probably true...

if done on the C level, that is. partial compilation on the Python level is slightly easier, as you've just shown. clever!

(but probably rather slow; I still recommend building something on top of the scanner object)

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