On 04/09/10 18:59, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:48:22 +1000, Lie Ryan wrote: > >> On 04/09/10 12:32, Dotan Cohen wrote: >>>> Regexes do have their uses. It's a case of knowing when they are the >>>> best approach and when they aren't. >>> >>> Agreed. The problems begin when the "when they aren't" is not >>> recognised. >> >> But problems also arises when people are suggesting overly complex >> series of built-in functions for what is better handled by regex. > > What defines "overly complex"?
These discussions about readability and suitability of regex are orthogonal issue with the sub-topic I started. We are all fully aware of the limitations of each approaches. What I am complaining is the recent development of people just saying no to regex when the problem is in fact in regex's very sweetspot. We have all seen people abusing regex; but nowadays I'm starting to see people abusing built-ins as well. We don't like when regex gets convoluted, but that doesn't mean built-in fare much better either. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
