Re: [Tutor] Regex Ordering

2007-07-24 Thread Kent Johnson
Shidan wrote: I'm looking for a Python module that provides methods for ordering regexes based on how general they are ( how much they match). Do I have to write it myself or does something exist already. What do you mean by how much they match ? If you mean, what is the entire set of

[Tutor] Regex Ordering

2007-07-23 Thread Shidan
I'm looking for a Python module that provides methods for ordering regexes based on how general they are ( how much they match). Do I have to write it myself or does something exist already. Shidan ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org

Re: [Tutor] Regex Ordering

2007-07-23 Thread James Hartley
On 7/23/07, Shidan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for a Python module that provides methods for ordering regexes based on how general they are ( how much they match). Do I have to write it Your question is relative. Classifying which regular expression is more general depends upon the

Re: [Tutor] Regex Ordering

2007-07-23 Thread Bill Campbell
On Mon, Jul 23, 2007, James Hartley wrote: On 7/23/07, Shidan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for a Python module that provides methods for ordering regexes based on how general they are ( how much they match). Do I have to write it Your question is relative. Classifying which regular

Re: [Tutor] Regex Ordering

2007-07-23 Thread David Perlman
Then maybe you could write a regex that matches every regex that does not match itself. ha! sorry, couldn't resist. On Jul 23, 2007, at 11:29 AM, Bill Campbell wrote: On Mon, Jul 23, 2007, James Hartley wrote: On 7/23/07, Shidan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for a Python module