Mark D. Baushke wrote: > Is it reasonable to exclude ';' from the author field? If so, > then [^;]+ > is probably better than [\S\s]+, if not then .+ is probably better. I'd say it's reasonable, considering that semicolons are used to indicate the end of the field. Unless... are there systems that allow or even require semicolons in user names? I don't have enough exposure to different systems to venture any kind of opinion on that.
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