From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-11-18T21:13:16+09:00
Subject: Re: About Regular Expressions


"Nikolai Weibull" <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@rawuncut.elitemail.org> schrieb
im Newsbeitrag news:20041118103443.GA9088@puritan.pcp.ath.cx...
> Lately there have been a bunch of posts on this list about regular
> expressions in Ruby and people seem to cry wolf whenever they don't get
> them quite right.  By crying wolf here I mean that they suspect a bug.
> That's most often the same as blaming core-dumps on the operating
> system.  It's time that people try to reason about what they've actually
> written and look at the documentation (which may be too limited?) before
> complaining here.

In principle this applies for all kind of questions and complaints.  Maybe
it's just a sign that regular expressions are not easy to grasp for people
without CS background.

> I am not suggesting that these question stop entirely, but I request
> that they be well thought out before.  Still, there seems to be a need
> for a FAQ or similar, covering regular expression basics and common
> pitfalls - perhaps even including common idioms and uses in Ruby.
>
> I don't have time for this myself at the moment, so is anyone else up
> for the task?
> nikolai

Like http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RegexpCookbook ?

Kind regards

    robert