@philnash@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish • 9 months agoA comprehensive guide to the dangers of Regular Expressions in JavaScriptwww.sonarsource.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down12
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minus-square@sebsch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink-3•9 months agoOk thanks for the clarification. I would argue, the gold standard of regex would be perlre or even re from python. I never heard one discouraging using them. Do you know sth I don't?
minus-square@burntsushi@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoBoth Perl and Python use backtracking regex engines and are thus susceptible to similar problems as discussed in the OP.
Ok thanks for the clarification.
I would argue, the gold standard of regex would be perlre or even re from python. I never heard one discouraging using them. Do you know sth I don't?
Both Perl and Python use backtracking regex engines and are thus susceptible to similar problems as discussed in the OP.