Re: rx.el sexp regexp syntax

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar@gmail.com> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> Slightly off-topic: I wouldn't ever use rx unless I was writing a really
>> brutal regexp,
>
> Why not?

I think it's just what Alan is saying: if you're familiar with regexp,
it's easier to write them directly. Each of us has a different level of
familiarity, thus each of us has a different point at which we might
break off and use rx. A regexp that would make my eyes cross (with
"\\(\\(\\(") could be perfectly comprehensible to someone else.
Personally, I'd use rx with more than two nested layers of
group-capture, but that's only me.