[Python-Dev] When will regex really go away? (original) (raw)

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Fri Mar 3 12:48:38 CET 2006

skip at pobox.com wrote:

Neal> I'll do this, except there are some issues:

Neal> * Lib/reconvert.py imports regex. Ok to move regex,regsub,recovert to lib-old? Neal> * ./Demo/pdist/rcslib.py & ./Demo/sockets/mcast.py import regsub.... ... Neal> * A whole mess of Demos and Tools use regex. What to do about them? ... How about creating Demo/old and populating it with stuff that imports regex, regsub or reconvert? Neal> I don't know how to convert the uses of regsub to re, any Neal> volunteers? Whippersnapper... sheesh! I still remember when all we had was regex. And we were thankful for it, by golly. Now you'd think the young-uns never knew it existed. You had regex? You were lucky. (etc., etc.)

yorkshireman-ly y'rs - steve

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