SRL – Simple Regex Language

Re:SRL – Simple Regex Language by nailer on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @02:08AM (#12387867)

Also 'begin' is vague - it could mean start of word, here it means start of line. Make it 'start of line'

I like the general approach, although the 2010-era BDD fake natural language is a turn off.

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Re:SRL – Simple Regex Language by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @09:00AM (#12389606)

A really good shorthand for "start of line" is "^"

;o)

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Re:SRL – Simple Regex Language by nailer on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:53AM (#12390667)

A really good shorthand for "yes, however it's not the most discoverable thing in the world" is "& ^ ( ^ ^ % & ^"

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Re:SRL – Simple Regex Language by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @02:39PM (#12392703)

Is it less discoverable than the proposed alternative though?

In both cases one looks up the documentation, in one I find that search for the line start requires a regex with "^" and in the other I find something like "begin with" of Simple Regex Language (SRL). I still need to read (or test) to find what "begin with" means and I still couldn't guess it - why not "start with", "open with", "first character", or a myriad of other possible options.

Whatever suits the user I suppose.

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Re:SRL – Simple Regex Language by nailer on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @10:41AM (#12398635)

Since code is read more than it is written, how well do you think a colleague without previous knowledge of regexs could understand '^' vs 'start of line'?

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