Re: [Help-smalltalk] [poll] regex literals

[Paolo Bonzini]

> > It's also slower, which is why as of today 'a.*b' works even without
> > sending #asRegex.
>
> Slower because of repeated sends of asRegex?

Yes.  Or just because 1 send is already more than 0!

> I'd rather see new syntax for compile-time evaluation in literal
> position, instead of specialised syntax for regex literals.
>
> ##('a.*b' asRegex)

A bit verbose but yes, it is a possibility if performance is a concern. 
 And it works now.

Paolo