This won't compile var ExtRegex = regexp.MustCompile("(M|m)(p|P)(3|4))|((F|f)(L|l)(A|a)(C|c))$")
with a ./prog.go:10:18: regexp.MustCompile("((M|m)(p|P)(3|4))|((F|f)(L|l)(A|a)(C|c))$") (value of type *regexp.Regexp) is not constant while const pat = "((M|m)(p|P)(3|4))|((F|f)(L|l)(A|a)(C|c))$" var ExtRegex = regexp.MustCompile(pat) Works fine. So, why can't the regexp be a constant? Is there some state that is kept in the regexp.Regexp store? And perhaps more importantly, what is the proper go style to have a compiled regexp? I could put the var statement outside all blocks, so its in effect a package variable. But I think having package variable is bad form. I'm using the regexp in a loop for all the strings in all the files in a directory tree. I really don't want to compile them for ever pass thru the lines Thanks Pat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/39ae6e9f-1c27-45cd-93c2-39a3b75cc6a3n%40googlegroups.com.