Variable-width lookbehind

[Tim Roberts]

"OKB (not okblacke)" <brenNOSPAMbarn at NObrenSPAMbarn.net> wrote:
>
>    	For years now Python has not supported variable-length lookbehinds.  
>I'm just curious whether there are any plans to change this in Python 
>3.0, or before, or after.  It seems that Perl 6 will allow variable-
>width lookbehinds (see http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/design/apo/A05.html 
>and http://dev.perl.org/perl6/rfc/72.html ).

If I may be just a bit catty, your last sentence may actually be the best
reason NOT to include it in Python 3.0.  Perl 6 has become a worthy
successor to ALGOL 68 and PL/I.  They are attempting to pack in every
feature that has ever been requested by every person in the known universe.
-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.