@philnash to ProgrammingEnglish • 9 months agoA comprehensive guide to the dangers of Regular Expressions in JavaScriptwww.sonarsource.comexternal-linkmessage-square15arrow-up1108arrow-down12cross-posted to: regexjavascript
arrow-up1106arrow-down1external-linkA comprehensive guide to the dangers of Regular Expressions in JavaScriptwww.sonarsource.com@philnash to ProgrammingEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square15cross-posted to: regexjavascript
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-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@burntsushilinkEnglish3•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.