David,

Thank you for your reply.

> On May 9, 2017, at 20:05, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Parsimony aside, since the pipe defines alternative patterns, there is no way 
> to create patterns like (dog|cat) using character classes. 

Hence the question "I'm wondering if [] and | are equivalent for *single 
characters*". (emphasis added).

So the question is, for any arbitrary a and b, are [ab] and a|b logically 
equivalent, or are there cases for some a and b where it is not the case?

Jean-Christophe

> 
> On Monday, May 8, 2017 at 10:10:45 PM UTC-4, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
> I'm wondering if [] and | are equivalent for single characters or if there 
> are marginal cases where they would not be equivalent ? 

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