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Subject: Re: [repost] regex patches: minimal matching, etc.
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I'll make one minor contribution to the regexp discussion.  The Python
Software Activity (PSA) StringSIG has been doing a lot of work lately
on improving (Perl-ifying) Python's regular expression module.  I have
not been following that thread very closely, but it does seem like
they are addressing many of the same issues coming up here, albeit
within the context of Python.  There are some extremely bright people
working on this stuff, and you will find some of the fruits of their
labor in the current Python 1.5 alpha release.

In any case, for those of you who are really interested in regular
expressions in X/Emacs, I'd suggest taking a look at the StringSIG,
and maybe perusing the mailing list archives.  You don't need to be a
StringSIG (or even PSA) member to take a look.  For more information,
see:

    <http://www.python.org/sigs/>

-Barry

