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Henri Biestro commented on JEXL-175:
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Adding a new syntax for regexp adds lots of weight/complication when using a
'string'-based version is lighter and carries the same expressiveness power. In
fact, the 'contains' operators ( ~= and ~!) already uses regexps under the hood
when needed.
In general, the preferred way to add new feature is to use namespace/functors
or overloading operators, not adding new syntax.
> java.util.regex.Pattern creation operator
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> Key: JEXL-175
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JEXL-175
> Project: Commons JEXL
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Reporter: Dmitri Blinov
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 3.0
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> Introduce the pattern operator
> {code}
> ~/regex/
> {code}
> to create a java.util.regex.Pattern instance.
> The string inside slashes should not require to escape backslashes and quotes
> as in common string literals, so that regex would be more readable
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