Hey Mike Aside from this lengthy rant^H^H^H^H discussion:) about where you put your regex, have you made any progress on the performance problem you put forward at the outset?
cheers Andrew On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 6:41 AM, Danny Spell <[email protected]> wrote: > For me, regex can be simple or complex. > It depends on the task at hand. > The more complex the task, the more complex the regex. > > My boss who can code, but doesn't want to, *HATES* regex. > Personally, I think it is pretty powerful and I'm grateful for its > flexibility. > > I use it daily in my job where string interpretation and manipulation is > required. > > Regards, > Danny Spell > DDSpell Consulting > 214-682-4898 > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Shawn H Corey <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:43:41 -0500 >> John Mason <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Shawn H Corey >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:18:01 -0500 >> > > bill pemberton <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > > I fail to see why a regex can only be changed by a programmer. >> > > > please expand upon this. >> > > >> > > You shouldn't blindly trust input from a user, there should be >> > checking/limits on what input is allowed . >> > >> > John >> >> Why would the average user have access to something he is not trained >> to understand? >> >> >> -- >> Don't stop where the ink does. >> Shawn >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> http://learn.perl.org/ >> >> > -- Andrew Solomon Mentor@Geekuni http://geekuni.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/asolomon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] http://learn.perl.org/
