[Python-ideas] Working with Path objects: p-strings?

Random832 random832 at fastmail.com
Tue Mar 29 09:33:11 EDT 2016


On Tue, Mar 29, 2016, at 05:35, Sven R. Kunze wrote:
> Because you are asking specifically for regexes, I might be able to give 
> an explanation.
> 
> Regular expressions have, let's say, the tendency to grow. It's more or 
> less code, so they grow naturally.
> Readability, however, diminishes extremely fast with regexes when 
> compared to regular code.
...
> And hey, I wouldn't mind a builtin type for regular expressions either 
> if this makes things considerably easier. :)

Is it time again to bring up my regex AST idea?


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