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Alex Shinn scripsit: > If there are no further issues I'll move to > finalize this. Okay, I've reviewed the SRE syntax section and LGTM. I still don't like the strong wording against backreferences; I think it should say "beware, these are expensive, use only if needed" rather than "avoid at all costs". The latter expression raises the question "If they should be avoided, why are they here at all?" -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@xxxxxxxx Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes. --Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass