Title:
Bug 84263:(Watson Migration Closure)As we all know RegExs can get very cryptic
| View in TrackerStatus/Resolution/Reason: Closed/Deferred/
Reporter/Name(from Bugbase): Eric Twilegar / Eric Twilegar (twillerror)
Created: 09/19/2010
Components: Language
Versions: 9.0.1
Failure Type: Unspecified
Found In Build/Fixed In Build: 0000 /
Priority/Frequency: Minor / Unknown
Locale/System: English / Platforms All
Vote Count: 1
Problem:
As we all know RegExs can get very cryptic. Java I believe supports free spacing and comments that could make these easier to write.Check out the URLhttp://www.regular-expressions.info/comments.htmlThis explains that you can have line breaks in your regExs that make it easier to write out and like Python you can have a # comment at the end of those lines. Imagine a CFRegEx tag that works like CFQUERY so you would have code like<CFREGEX>the # sentence begins with the(cat|dog|fish) # followed by cat, dog, or fish.</CFREGEX>Obviously over simplified and you might need some tags for replace, etc, but this could make writing powerful RegEx fieel more like a regular script/query/etc.
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Result:
Support for RegEx free spacing and comments.http://www.regular-expressions.info/comments.html
----------------------------- Additional Watson Details -----------------------------
Watson Bug ID: 3042199
External Customer Info:
External Company:
External Customer Name: Eric Twilegar
External Customer Email: 3D9A02F5446CCE0A992015D5
External Test Config: 09/19/2010Attachments:
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