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what debugging regex feels like (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm saying if your use case makes regex the best option, you've gone the wrong way and should turn back. There are definitely corners you can paint yourself into that make it the way to go, but you've ended up there through a series of bad ideas.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Maybe, just maybe, the context in which you use regex isn't the same as everyone elses. But hey, who am I to deny you the disservice of thinking you're the center of the world?