Re: Latest proposal for smart regexes in RELAX NG

At 20:08 05/05/2004, [email protected] wrote:
>David Tolpin scripsit:
>
> > I am asking because I have a feeling that the string-based (as opposed
> > to XML) syntax for regular expressions (unix-like, adopted by W3C Schema)
> > is the compact syntax. It is easy to write and convenient to use,
> > and actually needs just one addition: ability to compose a regular
> > expression from parts.
>
>It's neither easy to write nor convenient to use, it's just that we're all
>so used to it.

Would we expect people 'new' to regex to learn it from relax-ng?
My guess would be that unless you knew (something) of it, you'd
steer well clear of it, but it is useful, if inconvenient, hard etc.
Any attempt to clarify/group the regex line noise would help IMHO.

regards DaveP