https://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=12367
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--- Comment #1 from bearophile_h...@eml.cc 2014-03-14 17:21:08 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #0)
A comment syntax would be handy for particularly long expressions.
This syntax seems to be already supported by several existing engines:
http://www.regular-expressions.info/freespacing.html#parenscomment
While it's good to have a basic (?# ... ) comment syntax, I much prefer the
Python verbose regex syntax, because it allows me to lay down regexes as little
programs, with logically indented lines and #-style comments:
http://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html
http://www.diveintopython.net/regular_expressions/verbose.html
pattern =
^ # beginning of string
M{0,4} # thousands - 0 to 4 M's
(CM|CD|D?C{0,3})# hundreds - 900 (CM), 400 (CD), 0-300 (0 to 3 C's),
#or 500-800 (D, followed by 0 to 3 C's)
(XC|XL|L?X{0,3})# tens - 90 (XC), 40 (XL), 0-30 (0 to 3 X's),
#or 50-80 (L, followed by 0 to 3 X's)
(IX|IV|V?I{0,3})# ones - 9 (IX), 4 (IV), 0-3 (0 to 3 I's),
#or 5-8 (V, followed by 0 to 3 I's)
$ # end of string
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