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.
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'?
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.