On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Octavian Rasnita <orasn...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is not so hard to decide whether using RE is a good thing or not. > > When the speed is important and every millisecond counts, RE should be used > only when there is no other faster way, because usually RE is less faster > than using other core Perl/Python functions that can do matching and > replacing. > > When the speed is not such a big issue, RE should be used only if it is > easier to understand and maintain than using the core functions. And of > course, RE should be used when the core functions cannot do what RE can do.
for X in features: "When speed is important and every millisecond counts, X should be used only when there is no other faster way." "When speed is not such a big issue, X should be used only if it is easier to understand and maintain than other ways." I think that's fairly obvious. :) Chris Angelico -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
