[Python-Dev] When will regex really go away?
Steve Holden
steve at holdenweb.com
Fri Mar 3 12:48:38 CET 2006
skip at pobox.com wrote:
> Neal> I'll do this, except there are some issues:
>
> Neal> * Lib/reconvert.py imports regex. Ok to move regex,regsub,recovert to lib-old?
> Neal> * ./Demo/pdist/rcslib.py & ./Demo/sockets/mcast.py import regsub....
> ...
> Neal> * A whole mess of Demos and Tools use regex. What to do about them?
> ...
>
> How about creating Demo/old and populating it with stuff that imports regex,
> regsub or reconvert?
>
> Neal> I don't know how to convert the uses of regsub to re, any
> Neal> volunteers?
>
> Whippersnapper... sheesh! I still remember when all we had was regex. And
> we were thankful for it, by golly. Now you'd think the young-uns never knew
> it existed. <wink>
>
You had regex? You were lucky. (etc., etc.)
yorkshireman-ly y'rs - steve
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