Well, a champion can volunteer to shepherd this through our incubator I
suppose, like CommonsRDF, which seems pretty inactive ATM. There is also
the issue of "donate and forget" vs. staying plugged in the community.
I just do not have the extra FOSS cycles to dig into the code ATM to see
what's under the hood.
Gary
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/2/15 11:46 AM, Gary Gregory wrote:
> > I do not have time to dig into this one ATM but I'd like to give my 2c.
> >
> > Does this project introduce a new RE-like language or is it an API
> wrapper
> > for REs? It sounds like it is both.
>
> It looks to me like what it says it is, which is an alternative to
> REs, which IMO is a nice idea. Less "pattern matching language" and
> more objects expressing matching intent. End result is less
> developer thought required to accomplish a common task. Seems to
> fit nicely in Commons to me.
>
> Phil
> >
> > A project like this I could see in Commons if the project was split into
> an
> > API module and modules for different pattern matching languages, where
> the
> > standard Java RE would be the reference example. Naomi (I love the name
> > BTW, someones wife or daughter?) would be another implementation module.
> > With both under its belt, the project would be on fairly solid footing
> > (granted I do not know Naomi). You could even imaging implementations
> that
> > would accept a JXPath or a SQL WHERE clause.
> >
> > If the project is only meant to introduce a new RE-like language, then a
> > TLP would be probably more appropriate.
> >
> > 2c,
> > Gary
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 11:58 PM, Henri Yandell <flame...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 9/29/15 3:55 PM, Gary Gregory wrote:
> >>>> Norman,
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello and welcome to Apache Commons.
> >>>>
> >>>> It's not clear to me why Naomi is better than regular expressions.
> >>> Pointing
> >>>> to Javadocs is not the best way to get traction.
> >>>>
> >>>> Your project would be better served by having some documentation on
> >> your
> >>>> front page with an example driven tutorial.
> >>>>
> >>>> Is Naomi faster than REs?
> >>>>
> >>>> What can I do in Naomi that REs can't do? And vice-versa.
> >>>>
> >>>> Examples of this on your front page would help you at least get folks
> >> to
> >>>> consider learning a brand new way of doing things...
> >>> +1
> >>> The code in SimpleExamples starts to get to this. Looks interesting
> >>> and powerful. Either here or on the github readme you should take a
> >>> stab at explaining a little more how hard problems using regex get
> >>> easier with naomi, illustrated with some simple examples. Then
> >>> maybe with help from community members here, you can develop some
> >>> overview / getting started docs that help people get into the code.
> >>>
> >> +1.
> >>
> >> Reading SimpleExamples, my summary would be a boilerplate description of
> >> "It replaces the arcane regular expression language with an API". It
> >> reminds me of command line argument parsers. Perl had/has a great
> regular
> >> expression like command line argument parser, but it was cryptic and you
> >> either loved it or hated it. Then along came Commons CLI, args4j and all
> >> the others, providing a more OO/procedural API instead of its own mini
> >> language. Not as 'powerful' (in that you had to type more), but simpler
> (in
> >> that you didn't have to learn a new lingo and didn't have to juggle
> >> multiple languages inside one context (a source file)).
> >>
> >> I definitely need that user manual. It's hard, with a brain trained on
> >> regular expressions, to read 'Pattern greek3=new
> CharSequencePattern("?")'
> >> and realize (I think) that it means a literal ? character. It's also the
> >> primary way it'll be successful. You need that educational path that
> >> explains what a ExplicitCharClass is for, rather than randomly clicking
> on
> >> javadoc :)
> >>
> >> There'll also be much debate to be had I suspect. Is "a-e" too complex,
> >> compared to "abcde" or "a","e". Which parts of regex are worth
> supporting,
> >> vs not. Can I mix bits of regexp with bits of Naomi? new
> >> ExplicitCharClass("a-eg-p").
> >>
> >> Random.... I'd like the idea of varargs for automatic and'ing. ie:
> >>
> >> new ExplicitCharClass("a-p", "!f") [and is a not char class too
> >> complex?].
> >>
> >> Continuing on my summary, as I peruse the code a little more, I'd go
> with:
> >>
> >> "Build a regular expression via an API, not an arcane language of its
> own".
> >>
> >> I'd love to see that grow to:
> >>
> >> "Express regular expressions as objects, or mix and match objects with
> that
> >> arcane mini language we all love or loathe".
> >>
> >> Hen
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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