From: Shyouhei Urabe <shyouhei@...>
Date: 2011-04-29T22:37:27+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:35950] [Ruby 1.9 - Feature #4632][Rejected] Regexp instance method | for creating Regexp.unions


Issue #4632 has been updated by Shyouhei Urabe.

Status changed from Open to Rejected

We once had this feature, eregex.rb, but dropped since 1.9.  No once nursed that lib.

I don't stop you to have such tiny lib as a gem.  If that gem was used widely, chances are that we might invite that as our standard again someday.
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Feature #4632: Regexp instance method | for creating Regexp.unions 
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4632

Author: Jan Lelis
Status: Rejected
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 


Regexp.union is a great feature, but it is rarely used. I can imagine, the following syntax would be quite popular:

For example:
  /Ruby\d/ | /test/i | "cheat" #=> Regexp.union( Regexp.union( /Ruby\d/, /test/i ), "cheat" )

It would also be cool as String method, so one can do:
  "jruby" | "rbx" #=> /jruby|rbx/

Example implementation:
  class Regexp
    def |(arg)
      Regexp.union self, arg.is_a?(Regexp) ? arg : arg.to_s
    end
  end

  class String
    def |(arg)
      Regexp.union self, arg.is_a?(Regexp) ? arg : arg.to_s
    end
  end


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