On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> wrote: > The problem with your idea is that it breaks compatability with other non- > Python regular expression engines. Python didn't invent the (?...) syntax, > it originated with Perl. > > Try complaining to a Perl group instead.
The Perl folks didn't like it either: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_6_rules -- Devin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list