From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-01-07T22:43:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Regular expressions alternative


you're essentially reversing the semantics of meta characters. i don't know
whether people will appreciate this since this can lead to wired errors,
when you don't realize the option is set.  why not just write a function
that escapes all meta characters?

    robert

"Maur�cio" <briqueabraque@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>    Hi,
>
>    Wouldn't it be a good idea to create a option (say, b) for regular
> expressions such that all characters (except / and \) would match
> themselves unless preceeded by a backslash? For instance:
>
>   /http:\/\/www.ruby-lang.org/b
>
> would match only the site name, and
>
>   /Something\$/b
>
> would match Something at an end of line?
>
>    [.......],
>    Maur�cio
>
>
>