[Python-Dev] Should we move to replace re with regex? (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sat Aug 27 00:57:26 CEST 2011

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 3:54 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

However, I don't know much about regex The problem really is: nobody does (except for Matthew Barnett probably). This means that this contribution might be stuck "forever": somebody would have to review the module, identify issues, approve it, and take the blame if something breaks. That takes considerable time and has a considerable risk, for little expected glory - so nobody has volunteered to mentor/manage integration of that code. I believe most core contributors (who have run into this code) consider it worthwhile, but are just too scared to take action. Among us, some are more "regex gurus" than others; you know who you are. I guess the PSF would pay for the review, if that is what it would take.

Makes sense. I noticed Ezio seems quite in favor of regex. Maybe he knows more?

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