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Re: [apps-discuss] Fun with URLs and regex

Matthew Kerwin <matthew@kerwin.net.au> Wed, 07 January 2015 23:11 UTC

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On 8 January 2015 at 07:35, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:

> I’ve updated my Python script that serves as a translation of ABNF for
> URIs into regex.
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> https://gist.github.com/mnot/138549
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This is very cool. I'm definitely going to use it to help me retool the
file ABNF. Thanks.


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> Would the respective communities review the regex to make sure they’re
> faithful (except for the caveat around quoted strings)?
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​Having a look at file:

#456-458:

​| ​
# f-auth         = [ userinfo "@" ] host
​
| ​

| file_f_auth = r"(?: %(userinfo)s @ %(host)s )" % locals()

Shouldn't there be a `()?` around userinfo@​ ?

​Cheers
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  Matthew Kerwin
  http://matthew.kerwin.net.au/

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