I haven't used either of these tools but they might help a little. http://lfw.org/python/rxb15.py http://pyparsing.sourceforge.net/
If you want to help building traditional regex patterns, I find programs like these to be invaluable. Tools/scripts/redemo.py in the python standard lib. http://kodos.sourceforge.net/home.html http://weitz.de/regex-coach/ HTH, jay graves -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
