On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 09:21:51 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:
>> well, I don't want to forgo REs in order to have python's numbers be
>> better....
>
> The issue is not avoiding REs, but using Python's strengths and idioms.
> Write the code in Python's style, get the same results, then compare
> the times.
Yes, your point was to forge REs despite that they are useful.
I could have thought the search would have been better as:
'release[-.:][Rr]eq'
or something else ... you're in a "defend python at all costs!" mode.
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