TIL: Python's html.parser uses regexes to parse HTML

https://yossarian.net/til/post/python-s-html-parser-uses-regexes-to-parse-html/

Regardless of your stance on AI, it understands regex a lot better than I do in some of the more complicated tasks. What would have taken me 5 years to figure out, only took 5 minutes.

If you know regex like a second language, I would like to meet you.

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(I know those nice generators and analyzers, but 'sed' and 're.compile()' still haunt me)
#meme #coding #programming #Regex #RegularExpressionsCauseIrregularNightmares

Adding lookbehinds to rust-lang/regex, https://systemf.epfl.ch/blog/rust-regex-lookbehinds/.

The feature of lookbehinds is very often absent in linear regex engines. These researchers bring them in the `regex` crate. The benchmarks show a reasonable and usable performance making it ready for real-world applications.

The article gives all pointers to the research article and the patches for `regex` (on github.com).

The prevention of unnecessary lookbehind scanning till the end of the haystack is neat!

Quelques astuces pour bosser avec les regex.

https://2ality.com/2025/06/javascript-regexp-tips.html

Apropos of last weekends #emacs hacking. How many times would you ask an #llm to generate a #regex for you before you give up and just use a #rx form?

Adding lookbehinds to rust-lang/regex

https://systemf.epfl.ch/blog/rust-regex-lookbehinds/

Hello #Fédiverse , quelqu'un aurait ça?

Delicious Food avec Amandine Chaignot au #Japon, (compte requis)

https://www.rmcbfmplay.com/info-programme/rmc-bfm-play/delicious-food-avec-amandine-chaignot?contentId=Product::NEUF_BFMAVOD_BAV_415625907527&universe=PROVIDER

Ou est arrivé à le capturer avec #ytdlp, je crois que le plugin /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/bfmtv.py est pas à jour avec la derrière forme d'URL et je sais pas mettre les mains dans le #Regex pour savoir si ça fonctionnerai.

Même connecté dans le navigateur pour la clé DRM. Fonctionne sur France TV.

Loving the power of occur in #Emacs, specifically multi-occur-in-matching-buffers in my case, for finding and listing in a single buffer all #regex matches from regex-filtered buffers. Searching across .csv terminology files this way gives me a buffer of search results, each line of which takes me to the line of the source file where the occurrence appears. Extremely useful in #translation work for searching across terminology dictionaries I've created in the past. Discovered via Mickey Petersen's Mastering Emacs. https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/searching-buffers-occur-mode

We've added an optional "Regex" field to Custom Bangs for more precise control. You can now define exactly how your query is split to create more powerful shortcuts.

Read more about this in our latest changelog: https://kagi.com/changelog#7389

#Scrivener and #RegEx search users who are #authors or #writers. I've updated my pattern strings in my Regex Searches for Revision and Proofing document. I fixed some patterns, made them alway case insensitive regardless of your settings, added tests and used them to ensure all the strings work, and updated the instructions.

If you have suggestions for more words, or an idea for a different pattern to add that helps a writer during revision, reply or PM me.

HTH

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-g6jx8teJQE1uXLA-XwZP6cTMe5_-xz2AGLRHffNVlc/

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#Development #Techniques
Easier to use regexes in JavaScript · “This is how regular expressions are meant to be written.” https://ilo.im/164w9a

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#Programming #Coding #JavaScript #RegEx #Readability #Whitespace #Comments #Documentation #WebDev

@jwildeboer

My guess is #ReGex:

In regular expressions, the underscore counts as a "word character", whilst dashes, commas, dots, whitespaces etc. count as "non word characters".

This is a hugely important thing: All relevant APIs rely heavily on RegExes.

I'm afraid, your initiative won't succeed for that reason:

All #ActivityPub software would have to be revised and patched to solve a niche annoyance.

My bet: It ain't gonna happen.

@Gargron @evan

This is a good overview of how regex works

https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-7278276a-3c95d8c275d4d002

Attention Scrivener users, and anyone with RegEx search in your editor:

I have three comprehensive RegEx search strings that you can use and optionally make a collection in Scrivener: (1) Negative or positive words, (2) Confused words, and (3) Weasel and Hedge words.

The Google Doc contains full instructions to create collections for fast access, as well as the strings. In the future, I will update this document as I add words.I will take suggestions!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-g6jx8teJQE1uXLA-XwZP6cTMe5_-xz2AGLRHffNVlc/edit?usp=sharing

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Nouveau post :

L'essentiel sur les expressions régulières en JavaScript

https://kalvn.net/blog/l-essentiel-sur-les-expressions-regulieres-en-javascript/