Re: Alternative Syntax for Regular Expressions?

"Joachim Durchholz" <joachim_d@gmx.de>
12 Oct 2001 00:16:07 -0400

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From: "Joachim Durchholz" <joachim_d@gmx.de>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 12 Oct 2001 00:16:07 -0400
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 01-10-029
Keywords: lex
Posted-Date: 12 Oct 2001 00:16:06 EDT

Jon Forrest <forrest@ce.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> [...] maybe there are some alternatives to classic regular expression
> syntax out there. Note that I'm only talking about the syntax - it's
> hard to beat the semantics of regular expressions.
>
> Does anybody know of anything?


I once read something about constructing REs via a set of function
calls, i.e. instead of
    abc|def
you write
    RE("abc") OR RE("def")
which is much more wordy but (arguably) easier to read.
Unfortunately I don't remember any context - library writing? Ruby?
Python?


Regards,
Joachim

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