Reply to Stefan Behnel and Chris Angelico.
On 18-12-27 22:42, Stefan Behnel wrote:
> >>> import pickle, re
> >>> p = re.compile("[abc]")
> >>> pickle.dumps(p)
> b'\x80\x03cre\n_compile\nq\x00X\x05\x00\x00\x00[abc]q\x01K
\x86q\x02Rq\x03.'
>
> What this does, essentially, is to make the pickl
Maybe this literal will encourage people to finish tasks using regex,
even lead to abuse regex, will this change Python's style?
What's worse is, people using mixed manners in the same project:
one_line.split(',')
...
p','.split(one_line)
Maybe it will break the Python's style, reduce code rea
I am a full -1 on this idea -
> Two shortcomings:
>
> 1, Elevating a class in a module (re.Pattern) to language level, this
> sounds not very natural.
> This makes Python looks like Perl.
>
> 2, We can't use regex module as a drop-in replacement: import regex as re
> IMHO, I would like to see regex
On 18-12-28 22:54, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote:
Sorry for sounding over-reactive, but yes, this could make Python look
like Perl.
Yes, this may introduce Perl's style irreversibly, we need to be
cautious about this.
I'm thinking, if people ask these questions in their mind when reading a
piece of
for regular strings one can write
"aaa" + "bbb"
which also works for f-strings, r-strings, etc.; in regular expressions,
there is, e.g., parameter counting and references to numbered matches. How
would that be dealt with in a compound p-string? Either it would have to
re-compiled or not, either
On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 04:29:32PM +1100, Alexander Heger wrote:
> for regular strings one can write
>
> "aaa" + "bbb"
>
> which also works for f-strings, r-strings, etc.; in regular expressions,
> there is, e.g., parameter counting and references to numbered matches. How
> would that be dealt w
On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 12:30 AM Alexander Heger wrote:
> for regular strings one can write
>
> "aaa" + "bbb"
>
> which also works for f-strings, r-strings, etc.; in regular expressions,
> there is, e.g., parameter counting and references to numbered matches. How
> would that be dealt with in a
