On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:46 AM, Smylers <smyl...@stripey.com> wrote:
> Bill Ward writes: > > > File::RegexMatch? > > I think having ::Find:: in there would be better, so that it's > immediately obvious that this module performs a similar task to the > other modules already named like that. > > File::Find::Regexp, perhaps? > I like that, but that implies that its interface is similar to File::Find. Is it? > (Note that 'Regexp' with a 'p' appears to be the canonical Perl way of > spelling it: > > % perl -E "say ref qr//" > > It's also a superset of the spelling 'Regex', so searching for 'Regex' > should still find it, whereas searching for 'Regexp' wouldn't match > 'Regex'. > > On the downside, 'Regexp' is considerably harder to say than 'Regex'.) > You're right, but I'm much more accustomed to Regex for some reason, despite the fact that Emacs too uses "regexp" -- Check out my LEGO blog at http://www.brickpile.com Follow/friend me: facebook.com/billward • flickr.com/photos/billward • twitter.com/williamward
