[dlang] Mistakes in documentation
Chris via Digitalmars-d
digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Tue May 19 06:43:13 PDT 2015
I noticed some mistakes in
http://dlang.org/regular-expression.html
I haven't checked the whole page for mistakes, but I suggest we
change the following paragraph:
[Current]
Here is where regular expressions come in handy, often succinctly
called as regexes. Regexes are simple yet powerful language for
defining patterns of strings, put together with a substitution
mechanism, they form a Swiss Army knife of text processing. They
are considered so useful that a number of languages provides
built-in support for regular expressions. This does not nessary
mean that built-in implies faster processing or more features.
It's more a matter of providing convenient and friendly syntax
for typical operations and usage patterns.
[Suggestion]
Here is where regular expressions – often just called
<i>regexes</i> – come in handy. Regular expressions are a simple
yet comprehensive language for defining string patterns. Combined
with a mechanism for string substitution, regular expressions are
a powerful tool for text processing. In fact, they are considered
so useful that a number of languages provide built-in support for
them. However, built-in support does <b>not</b> necessarily imply
<b>faster</b> processing or more features, it is rather a way of
providing a <b>convenient and user-friendly syntax</b> for
typical operations and usage patterns.
[something along these lines]
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