[Python-Dev] Should we move to replace re with regex?

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:18:35 -0700
Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> 
> I can't say I liked how that transition was handled last time around.
> I really don't want to have to tell people "Oh, that bug is fixed but
> you have to use regex instead of re" and then a few years later have
> to tell them "Oh, we're deprecating regex, you should just use re".
> 
> I'm really hoping someone has more actual technical understanding of
> re vs. regex and can give us some facts about the differences, rather
> than, frankly, FUD.

The best way would be to contact the author, Matthew Barnett, or to ask
on the tracker on http://bugs.python.org/issue2636. He has been quite
willing to answer such questions in the past, AFAIR.

Regards

Antoine.