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> PCRE regexes would be a great inclusion to the stdlib Why? Anything that can be done with a regex can also be done with a PEG, and the PEG will be much more
by xigoi 5mo ago
> PCRE regexes would be a great inclusion to the stdlib
Why? Anything that can be done with a regex can also be done with a PEG, and the PEG will be much more readable.
- nrclark 5mo agoPEGs are a great replacement for a complicated regex, and can express a lot of things that are hard to do with a regex. But they're also more verbose, and fewer developers are familiar with their usage. PCRE regex is kind of the lingua franca of text-matching, and making it available would be helpful for newcomers imo.