On Sun, 04 Aug 2013 14:13:59 -0500 Brian Katzung <[email protected]> wrote:
> That's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure you're accomplishing
> your stated goals. Consider that the RE /^\s*test\s*$/ is 14
> characters and you've coded it in 91 non-white-space characters (650%
> of the original size).
The difference is between writing machine code and writing assembler.
The goal is not to create readable REs but to make it easier to create
them.
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Don't stop where the ink does.
Shawn
