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

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Thu Aug 12 00:29:02 CEST 2004

Erik Heneryd wrote:

Yes, of course it's slow, as I recursivly compile subpatterns and try them out, but as things are, it's probably much easier to implement it this way than using scanners, which I suspect is a lot of work (given the structmatch interface)...

sure, which is why it's a good idea to design a better interface.

more on this later.

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