From: Ari Brown <ari@...>
Date: 2007-09-29T12:19:15+09:00
Subject: Re: regex: capture groups and term binding


On Sep 28, 2007, at 7:43 AM, Simon Mullis wrote:

> Hi Peter,

Hi Simon and Peter

>  class Regexp
>      def +(other)
>         if other.is_a?(Regexp)
>            if self.options == other.options
>                 Regexp.new(source + other.source, options)
>            else
>                 Regexp.new(source + other.to_s, options)
>            end
>         else
>            Regexp.new(source + Regexp.escape(other.to_s), options)
>         end
>      end
>   end

This is also exactly (mostly) what is implemented the the aw3s0m3  
(sic) library, TextualRegexp.

And let me say, DAMN Regexp.+ makes life easier :-D

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