23 Nov
2005
23 Nov
'05
5:03 p.m.
On 22 Nov 2005, at 17:33, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
"Ian" == Ian Eiloart iane@sussex.ac.uk writes:
Ian> Now, sender ACL's already are *just* lists of regular Ian> expressions. So, what's so hard?
You're aware that "regular expression" is not exactly well-defined, and that python REs are a unique dialect among regular expression languages?
Yes, I'm aware of that. It is an issue that users will have to be
aware of. However, I don't think it's a killer. I think Python
regular expressions have enough in common with the PCRE (perl
compatible regular expressions) library to be useful. For example, I
think ^[^@]*@(.*\.)?sus(se)?\.ac\.uk$ has the same meaning in both
dialects.
If I'm wrong, then I can make do with .*sussex\.ac\.uk$ and .*susx\.ac \.uk$
-- Ian Eiloart Postmaster, IT Services University of Sussex