Xeger
Languages and libraries
regex library
SHOW HN2015
14points
6comments
#1,620of 2,565 in 2015
Top 64%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
2 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Readable alternative to regex that is less error-prone
From 1 comment
Pretty cool, nice work. I've done traditional regex for so long that reading the regex version of the url example was faster for me than reading the Xeger code. But, I know regex…
tvmalsv on HN
Objections
Regex should be learned instead of using a builder
From 1 comment
Instead of 1 line, you can write 17! This tool is an anti-pattern. Just learn regex.
blainesch on HN
Requests
Use it to map a user interface to generate regular expressions
From 1 comment
I think it might make it easier to map a user interface to the regular expression e.g. Let a user interfaces choose meaningful things to match and how to match in succession and…
taf2 on HN
Alternatives named
CoffeeScript regex syntax
From 1 comment
There are some other options: http://coffeescript.org/#regexes
o_____________o on HN