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Re:\d less efficient than [0-9] by Tuna-Fish on Sunday May 19, 2013 @06:16PM (#5734625)
Given that the category is specifically "decimal digit", I think it's good, so long as the number parsing code accepts them all too.
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Re:\d less efficient than [0-9] by dllthomas on Sunday May 19, 2013 @08:29PM (#5735123)
Yes. Assuming that, it's good. I think that assumption is likely to be invalid in many cases, though.
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