On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 4:08 PM Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> I have no strong opinion on whether this simple function should be built > into the string class, I do -- this is not sufficiently general to be a string method. > but I do have a strong opinion about re-writing > it into a slower, more fragile, harder to understand, less user-friendly > regex. > I do agree there. I also agree with Chris A's suggestion: *some* scanner / parser that could be used for this and many other things that's significantly more straightforward that regex's. -CHB -- Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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