From: Jeff Wood <jeff.darklight@...>
Date: 2005-11-27T23:19:42+09:00
Subject: Re: String#to_rx ?

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Quite true. And comparatively, Regexp.escape does make more sense.

j.

On 11/27/05, Stefan Lang <langstefan@gmx.at> wrote:
>
> On Sunday 27 November 2005 14:13, Jeff Wood wrote:
> > > So in what way is String#escaped better than String#to_rx?
> >
> > When I read #to_rx I can only guess at the specifics of the call (
> > something to do with regular expressions ... or perscriptions ) ...
> > but what it's doing to the string, no idea... when I read #escaped
> > all the lights light up ... ah, you want an escaped version of the
> > string. ...
>
> But escaped for what purpose? For usage as XML attribute value?
> Or does it escape special shell characters? Or special regex
> characters? Or special characters for File.fnmatch?
>
> A string can be escaped for many purposes. I'm sure others can
> come up with more examples. IMO adding a method to String is a
> bad choice. Either new syntax, or use the existing Regexp.escape,
> which is a clean and readable solution.
>
> Regards,
>   Stefan
>
>


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