[Python-Dev] \G (match last position) regex operator non-existant in python? (original) (raw)

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Sat Oct 28 19:48:55 EDT 2017


On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 12:31:01AM +0100, MRAB wrote:

Not that I'm planning on making any further additions, just bug fixes and updates to follow the Unicode updates. I think I've crammed enough into it already. There's only so much you can do with the regex syntax with its handful of metacharacters and possible escape sequences...

What do you think of the Perl 6 regex syntax?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_6_rules#Changes_from_Perl_5

-- Steve



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