From: Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2004-11-19T00:07:54+09:00
Subject: Re: About Regular Expressions

* Francis Hwang <sera@fhwang.net> [Nov 18, 2004 15:50]:
> > 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.

> Personally I don't need a regexp FAQ or tutorial, I need a
> bits-and-pieces reference, and I would've found that either in:

> 1. An online reference page like
> http://www.regular-expressions.info/reference.html (thanks for the
> pointer, Brian!)

> 2. The Pickaxe v2, either on p. 71 or on p. 325.

> Obviously, it didn't occur to me to look in either place this last time
> around; I'll try to remember that for next time. But if we want people
> to do more looking on their own, I think it needs to be easier to do
> that.

Precisely my point.

> I have some guesses as to what could change, but I personally don't
> have any time to do anything about it so I'm not inclined to complain
> about it.

:-), perhaps I should have kept my mouth shut as well, as I don't have
time to spare at the moment.
	nikolai

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