On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 3:54 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@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? -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
