Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Iain King wrote: > > > Anyway, back to the OP: in this specific case, the cap of 100 groups in > > a RE seems random to me, so I think the rule applies. > > perhaps in the "indistinguishable from magic" sense. > > if you want to know why 100 is a reasonable and non-random choice, I > suggest checking the RE documentation for "99 groups" and the special > meaning of group 0. > > </F>
Ah, doh! Of course. Oh well then... still, doesn't python's RE engine support named groups? That would be cumbersome, but would allow you to go above 100... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
