[Python-Dev] New regex module for 3.2?

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:20:23 +0100
Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> On 13/07/2010 15:17, Reid Kleckner wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Nick Coghlan<ncoghlan at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >    
> >> MRAB's module offers a superset of re's features rather than a subset
> >> though, so once it has had more of a chance to bake on PyPI it may be
> >> worth another look.
> >>      
> > I feel like the new module is designed to replace the current re
> > module, and shouldn't need to spend time in PyPI.  A faster regex
> > library isn't going to motivate users to add external dependencies to
> > their projects.
> >
> >    
> If the backwards compatibility issues can be addressed and MRAB is 
> willing to remain as maintainer then the advantages seem well worth it 
> to me.

To me as well. The code needs a full review before integrating, though.

Regards

Antoine.