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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/impure/nre.nim | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/impure/re.nim | 2 |
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/lib/impure/nre.nim b/lib/impure/nre.nim index c58cf2501..5a6050ac2 100644 --- a/lib/impure/nre.nim +++ b/lib/impure/nre.nim @@ -22,25 +22,6 @@ from unicode import runeLenAt ## ## A regular expression library for Nim using PCRE to do the hard work. ## -## Why? -## ---- -## -## The `re.nim <http://nim-lang.org/re.html>`__ module that -## `Nim <http://nim-lang.org/>`__ provides in its standard library is -## inadequate: -## -## - It provides only a limited number of captures, while the underling -## library (PCRE) allows an unlimited number. -## -## - Instead of having one proc that returns both the bounds and -## substring, it has one for the bounds and another for the substring. -## -## - If the splitting regex is empty (``""``), then it returns the input -## string instead of following `Perl <https://ideone.com/dDMjmz>`__, -## `Javascript <http://jsfiddle.net/xtcbxurg/>`__, and -## `Java <https://ideone.com/hYJuJ5>`__'s precedent of returning a list -## of each character (``"123".split(re"") == @["1", "2", "3"]``). -## ## Licencing ## --------- ## diff --git a/lib/impure/re.nim b/lib/impure/re.nim index 6aac9593b..0ff6e9555 100644 --- a/lib/impure/re.nim +++ b/lib/impure/re.nim @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ # distribution, for details about the copyright. # -## Regular expression support for Nim. +## Regular expression support for Nim. Deprecated in favor of nre. ## ## **Note:** The 're' proc defaults to the **extended regular expression ## syntax** which lets you use whitespace freely to make your regexes readable. |