>>> > * Using an array of "words" as an alternate list as part of a regex
>>> /match any of (${\join'|',@list}) here/
>NT> $" = "|"; /@list/ # snicker
Certainly I've written
if (do { local $" = "|"; $var =~ /@any/}) { blah() }
before.
--tom
> "NT" == Nathan Torkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > * Using an array of "words" as an alternate list as part of a regex
>> /match any of (${\join'|',@list}) here/
NT> $" = "|"; /@list/ # snicker
Is $" one of the specials scheduled for the axe?
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On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 08:46:17PM +0100, Richard Proctor wrote:
>
>There is one significant area of perl that has very little attention here
>(other than one of my RFCs) that is regexs.
Are you volunteering to chair a sublist?
*grin*
K.
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On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 03:15:54PM -0700, Steve Fink wrote:
> There would still be a use of a /f like flag, though -- treat all (...)
> like (?:...). That would make the regex more likely to be DFA-able, and
> is often what I want but I don't want to clutter up my regex with those
> nasty ?:'s eve
> > /\A(?s:(?!and).)*\Z/
> >
> > /pattern returned from ${\some_function} as part of a regex/
> >
> > /match any of (${\join'|',@list}) here/
>
> I am not saying these things can't be done, in fact I was saying they can
> but was rather asking what should be made easier?
On Fri 18 Aug, Damian Conway wrote:
>> All of these can be done today but are not necessarily "easy".
>>
>
> /\A(?s:(?!and).)*\Z/
>
> /pattern returned from ${\some_function} as part of a regex/
>
> /match any of (${\join'|',@list}) here/
>
I am not saying these things can't be done,
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 07:57:34AM +1000, Jeremy Howard wrote:
> The choice of algorithms is a great idea, but why do we need a modifier?
> Isn't it a pretty straightforward set of rules that allow us to decide if a
> DFA matcher will work?
Well, that all depends what the meaning of the word work
Robert Mathews wrote:
>
> > James Mastros wrote:
> > > [/f for fast DFA regexen]
> Jeremy Howard wrote:
> > The choice of algorithms is a great idea, but why do we need a modifier?
> > Isn't it a pretty straightforward set of rules that allow us to decide if a
> > DFA matcher will work? It woul
Robert Mathews wrote:
>
> > James Mastros wrote:
> > > [/f for fast DFA regexen]
> Jeremy Howard wrote:
> > The choice of algorithms is a great idea, but why do we need a modifier?
> > Isn't it a pretty straightforward set of rules that allow us to decide if a
> > DFA matcher will work? It would
> James Mastros wrote:
> > [/f for fast DFA regexen]
Jeremy Howard wrote:
> The choice of algorithms is a great idea, but why do we need a modifier?
> Isn't it a pretty straightforward set of rules that allow us to decide if a
> DFA matcher will work? It would be a lot nicer if Perl could just not
James Mastros wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 08:46:17PM +0100, Richard Proctor wrote:
> > There is one significant area of perl that has very little attention
here
> > (other than one of my RFCs) that is regexs.
> >
> > Perl has very powerfull regexs - but what other features might be
desirable?
On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 08:46:17PM +0100, Richard Proctor wrote:
> There is one significant area of perl that has very little attention here
> (other than one of my RFCs) that is regexs.
>
> Perl has very powerfull regexs - but what other features might be desirable?
Well, one thing that has aca
Damian Conway writes:
>> * Using the pattern returned from some function as part of a regex
>
> /pattern returned from ${\some_function} as part of a regex/
(??{ some_function() }) more generally
>> * Using an array of "words" as an alternate list as part of a regex
> /match any of (${\
> Here is a few throw away thoughts - they don't constitute RFC
> material yet, I am not sure if they would be that useful and have
> not yet thought of any syntax, but any others? All of these can be
> done today but are not necessarily "easy".
>
> * Embeded patterns that do no
Hi,
There is one significant area of perl that has very little attention here
(other than one of my RFCs) that is regexs.
Perl has very powerfull regexs - but what other features might be desirable?
I had one long term good idea on assignment and submitted that, but there
may be other things peo
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