On 27 January 2017 at 22:24, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > On 2017-01-27 17:03, Łukasz Langa wrote: >> >> >>> On Jan 26, 2017, at 5:16 PM, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com >>> <mailto:pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com>> wrote: >> >> >>>> So, it seems as if regex already uses a better algorithm although I >>>> couldn't find any reference to any regex theoretical framework like dfa, >>>> nfa, thompson multiple-state simulation or something. >>>> >>> It still uses backtracking, like in the re module. >> >> >> What’s the status of regex inclusion in the stdlib? >> >> > I'm not bothered about it. It's quite a bit bigger than the re module, and, > anyway, keeping it as a third-party module gives me more freedom to make > updates, which are available for a range of Python versions.
I still think it could be a good candidate for a first "bundled" module, where we don't migrate it fully into the CPython development process, but *do* officially bless it and provide it by default in the form of a bundled wheel file (similar to what we do with pip). Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
