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Re: english names for symbolic SREs
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- To: Alex Shinn <alexshinn@xxxxxxxxx>, John Cowan <cowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, SRFI-115 discussion list <srfi-115@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: english names for symbolic SREs
- From: Michael Montague <mikemon@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 14:16:44 -0800
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On 11/26/2013 2:05 PM, Alex Shinn wrote:
IMHO * and + are very common patterns which deserve a
short name, even if it takes new users slightly longer to learn
them.
Agreed. After pushing for long names for everything, I now question the
merits of having two names for any operator.
In your proposal you introduce "lazy" without defining it -
I'm guessing you mean what is already called "non-greedy".
Yes. Lazy and non-greedy are the same thing. Sorry. My confusion.