Peter Hansen wrote:
Steve Holden wrote:
I still await the specified five emails preferring your version to the
current documentation.
So, for the record Steve, how many of those emails have you
received to date? (And how many from *anyone*, not just
regulars, proclaiming Xah's version better?)
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Hi All--
Richie Hindle wrote:
>
> Xah is right - I have a copy here of his message of 18th April, saying "i
> have rewrote the Python's re module documentation.".
>
Which announcement alone I take as evidence sufficient unto itself. I
shall not be reading the "rewrote" documentation.
Metta,
I
Steve Holden wrote:
I still await the specified five emails preferring your version to the
current documentation.
So, for the record Steve, how many of those emails have you
received to date? (And how many from *anyone*, not just
regulars, proclaiming Xah's version better?)
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I think that there are some nice ideas in the new version e.g. "Regex
functions" is a nicer title than "Module contents", examples, caveats.
But there are some organizational problems and the actual writting is a
bit weak.
Cheers,
Brian
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"Claudio Grondi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> From my point of view both, the existing and
> the proposed documentation assume some
> knowledge about regular expressions as
> such, so doesn't really explain, beeing
> limited to showing the syntax of usage.
It's not clear that this belongs in the
[Xah]
> I have produced my doc.
> ( http://xahlee.org/perl-python/python_re-write/lib/module-re.html )
>
> isn't there a hundred dollars due to me?
I don't have the time to write a full review of your version, but for the
record I've compared it with the original and I don't think it's a
signifi
Conclusion:
---
I agree with Bill Mill saying
"I'd suggest that he [Xah Lee] actually make
an effort at improving the docs before
submitting them."
so I am still waiting for the final version
before deciding which docu is
better, believing, that if Xah Lee puts
more work and serious eff
Xah Lee wrote:
Dear Steve Holden,
the rewrite of the regex doc is instigated by your offer.
it is published and announced here on April 18th.
I'll have to take your word for that.
If you deem it
proper, paypal me. It will be to your credit and easier to incorporate
into the main doc.
I still await
Dear Steve Holden,
the rewrite of the regex doc is instigated by your offer.
it is published and announced here on April 18th. If you deem it
proper, paypal me. It will be to your credit and easier to incorporate
into the main doc.
Xah
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
â http://xahlee.org/
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Robert Kern wrote:
Xah Lee wrote:
I have produced my doc.
( http://xahlee.org/perl-python/python_re-write/lib/module-re.html )
isn't there a hundred dollars due to me?
No.
[Steve Holden]
The condition for winning the prize is that at least five regular
posters to c.l.py have to mail me and saythey
Xah Lee wrote:
I have produced my doc.
( http://xahlee.org/perl-python/python_re-write/lib/module-re.html )
isn't there a hundred dollars due to me?
No.
[Steve Holden]
The condition for winning the prize is that at least five regular
posters to c.l.py have to mail me and saythey think your version
On Monday 25 April 2005 11:48 am, so sayeth Xah Lee:
> I have produced my doc.
> ( http://xahlee.org/perl-python/python_re-write/lib/module-re.html )
>
> isn't there a hundred dollars due to me?
>
Yes, we have put it in an envelop that is sitting between the dumpster and the
Dairy Queen in Dalhart
I have produced my doc.
( http://xahlee.org/perl-python/python_re-write/lib/module-re.html )
isn't there a hundred dollars due to me?
Xah
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
â http://xahlee.org/PageTwo_dir/more.html
Steve Holden wrote:
> Xah Lee wrote:
> [mountains of irrelevant drivel which normal people woul
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2005-04-17 14:59:50 +0200:
> Roman Neuhauser wrote:
>
> >>Here's a puzzle for you: Where does this list appear? What's missing?
> >>
> >>"..., Mullender, Nagata, Ng, Oner, Oppelstrup, ..."
> >
> > Sorry, I don't have time for puzzles.
>
> nor for contributing, it seems. o
Roman Neuhauser wrote:
Here's a puzzle for you: Where does this list appear? What's missing?
"..., Mullender, Nagata, Ng, Oner, Oppelstrup, ..."
Sorry, I don't have time for puzzles.
nor for contributing, it seems. otherwise, your name would be on that list.
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# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2005-04-13 08:07:06 +1000:
> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:06:36 +0200, Roman Neuhauser
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Unfortunately, the python community seems to bathe in the
> >misorganized half-documentation, see e. g.
> >http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=python-lis
runes wrote:
Steve, thank you for givig me those links. I'll go there if I manage to
structure an improvement suggestion.
RTFM :-) [The links came from the documentation]
And about the link to the Howto: I suppose many people don't read the
manual from a to z but with a particular problem in mind.
Steve, thank you for givig me those links. I'll go there if I manage to
structure an improvement suggestion.
And about the link to the Howto: I suppose many people don't read the
manual from a to z but with a particular problem in mind. Hence the
link could ble locateded several places, perhaps re
Xah Lee wrote:
http://python.org/doc/2.4.1/lib/module-re.html
http://python.org/doc/2.4.1/lib/node114.html
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QUOTE
The module defines several functions, constants, and an exception. Some
of the functions are simplified versions of the full featured methods
for compiled regular expressions.
runes wrote:
Generally: I have got my experiences with the Python Manual over the
the last 30 months Python beeing my preferred language. One of them is
that I have to look elsewhere.
I've gotten great help from this newsgroup. By following these steps:
1. Read the docs at http://docs.python.org/mo
Pokerface schrieb:
Gotta say, is we let this man write the docs for us, they'll sure as
sugar be more colorful than the ones we presently have, even if he
doesn't manage to make them better.
"The [insert relation]ing Python interpreter is usually installed
as /usr/local/bin/python on those g*dd
runes wrote:
Seems like criticising the manual is som kind of heresy. So be it.
Don't think so, but this being open source I suspect that Fredrik was
trying to get them improved.
You know, the Re documentation contains many pages. Ufortunately I
didn't dwell with the first introductory paragraph
Seems like criticising the manual is som kind of heresy. So be it.
You know, the Re documentation contains many pages. Ufortunately I
didn't dwell with the first introductory paragraph, I was trying to
solve a particular problem. I'm not that used to looking for links to
external sources in the m
"runes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I found the Howto through Google. Somehow I didn't see that link in the
> documentation.
>
> And please do not make any assumptions about my reading of manuals.
if you were unable to find a link in the documentation you were reading, can you
perhaps suggest a
Ivan Van Laningham wrote:
Hi All--
Richie Hindle wrote:
[Xah]
motherfucking ... fucking ... fucking ... fucking ... fuck ... fucking
fucking ... fucking ... mother fucking ... fucking ... piece of shit ...
motherfucking ... fucking ... fucking ... big asshole ... masturbation ...
Fucking morons ...
Xah Lee wrote:
[mountains of irrelevant drivel which normal people would boil down to
"I don't understand the doicumentation]. Even then, I'd still be on the
side of the documentation.
The answer to the questions are resounding yeses, you fucking asses.
paypal me a hundred dollars and i'll rewri
I sympathize with you and also think there should be an "add comment" in
the Python documentation website, so that users could post their code
snippets in the relevant places.
I found the Howto through Google. Somehow I didn't see that link in the
documentation.
And please do not make any as
In comp.lang.perl.misc Xah Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The answer to the questions are resounding yeses, you fucking asses.
> paypal me a hundred dollars and i'll rewrite the whole re doc in a few
> hours.
> Fuck you the standard IT morons. Excuse me for i didn't have time to
> write a mor
Thank you for being so friendly!
I found the Howto through Google. Somehow I didn't see that link in the
documentation.
And please do not make any assumptions about my reading of manuals.
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On 12 Apr 2005 15:06:30 -0700, "runes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Luckily I found this regex howto:
>http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/regex/ and that helped a lot.
Luckily??? AMK's howto is pointed to by the 3rd paragraph of Section
4.2.1 of the documentation that you are dissing:
"""
A brief ex
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:06:36 +0200, Roman Neuhauser
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Unfortunately, the python community seems to bathe in the
>misorganized half-documentation, see e. g.
>http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=python-list&m=111303919606261&w=2
>especially the reply that (as
> why cannot this piece of shit writing give a single example of usage?
Actually, I can understand your frustration even if you should enhance
your vocabulary slightly. I often struggle with the Python
documnetation myself and I can't understand why a couple of examples
are so hard to give. When
Ivan Van Laningham wrote:
> Richie Hindle wrote:
> >
> > [Xah]
> > > motherfucking ... fucking ... fucking ... fucking ... fuck ... fucking
> > > fucking ... fucking ... mother fucking ... fucking ... piece of shit ...
> > > motherfucking ... fucking ... fucking ... big asshole ... masturbation ..
Fredrik Lundh wrote:
Peter Hansen wrote:
Joe Smith wrote:
Xah Lee wrote:
of motherf***ing irrevalent drivel?
I am greatly amused.
A troll impersonating Xah Lee has made xah look like a total moron.
LOL
Sorry, Joe, but why do you think this wasn't Xah?
why do you think "Joe" and "Xah" are two differ
Peter Hansen wrote:
> Joe Smith wrote:
> > Xah Lee wrote:
> >> of motherf***ing irrevalent drivel?
> >
> > I am greatly amused.
> > A troll impersonating Xah Lee has made xah look like a total moron.
> > LOL
>
> Sorry, Joe, but why do you think this wasn't Xah?
why do you think "Joe" and "Xah" ar
Of Richie Hindle
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:10 AM
> To: python-list@python.org
> Subject: Re: [perl-python] Python documentation moronicities
> (continued)
>
>
>
> [Xah]
> > motherfucking ... fucking ... fucking ... fucking ... fuck
> ... fucking
>
Joe Smith wrote:
Xah Lee wrote:
of motherf***ing irrevalent drivel?
I am greatly amused.
A troll impersonating Xah Lee has made xah look like a total moron.
LOL
Sorry, Joe, but why do you think this wasn't Xah?
Every detail of the post is consistent with his
recent postings.
And a secondary, but pu
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 04:02:20 -0700, Joe Smith wrote:
> Xah Lee wrote:
>
>> of motherf***ing irrevalent drivel?
>
> I am greatly amused.
> A troll impersonating Xah Lee has made xah look like a total moron. LOL
"The fucking doc cannot be possibly fucking worsely written."
This is very Xahish th
Hi All--
Richie Hindle wrote:
>
> [Xah]
> > motherfucking ... fucking ... fucking ... fucking ... fuck ... fucking
> > fucking ... fucking ... mother fucking ... fucking ... piece of shit ...
> > motherfucking ... fucking ... fucking ... big asshole ... masturbation ...
> > Fucking morons ... fuc
Xah Lee wrote:
What does a programer who wants to use regex gets out from this piece
of motherf**king irrevalent drivel?
Any resume that ever crosses my desk that includes 'Xah Lee' anywhere in
the name will be automatically trashed.
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Gotta say, is we let this man write the docs for us, they'll sure as
sugar be more colorful than the ones we presently have, even if he
doesn't manage to make them better.
"The [insert relation]ing Python interpreter is usually installed
as /usr/local/bin/python on those g*dd*mn machines wher
> Can we paypal you a hundred dollars to leave us alone? I'll pledge $10.
> Are there another nine people here who'll do the same?
Me, me. I'm good for ten, too. The current euro-dollar exchange course makes
that the price of a normal size McDonalds Menu - so sparing that makes me
healthier both
[Xah]
> motherfucking ... fucking ... fucking ... fucking ... fuck ... fucking
> fucking ... fucking ... mother fucking ... fucking ... piece of shit ...
> motherfucking ... fucking ... fucking ... big asshole ... masturbation ...
> Fucking morons ... fucking stupid ... fuckhead coders ... fuckhea
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2005-04-12 03:25:33 -0700:
> QUOTE
> compile(
> pattern[, flags])
>
> Compile a regular expression pattern into a regular expression object,
> which can be used for matching using its match() and search() methods,
> described below.
>
> The expression's behaviour can be mo
Xah Lee wrote:
of motherf***ing irrevalent drivel?
I am greatly amused.
A troll impersonating Xah Lee has made xah look like a total moron.
LOL
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I've had enough.
*PLONK*
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http://python.org/doc/2.4.1/lib/module-re.html
http://python.org/doc/2.4.1/lib/node114.html
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The module defines several functions, constants, and an exception. Some
of the functions are simplified versions of the full featured methods
for compiled regular expressions. Most non-trivi
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