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Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group?
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Thorsten Jolitz |
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Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group? |
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Fri, 04 Apr 2014 12:40:35 +0200 |
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"Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> writes:
> Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>>
>>>> But it still seems valid to protect against greedyness?
>>> ^^^^^^^^^^
>>> AKA greed,
>>
>> I just made it up, but funny enough - it does actually exist (with
>> slightly different spelling)!
>>
>>>From http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/greediness:
>>
>> ,-------------------------------------------------------------------
>> | greediness (ˈɡriːdɪnɪs)
>> |
>> | Definitions
>> |
>> | noun
>> |
>> | 1. the quality of being greedy
>> |
>> | greedy (ˈɡriːdɪ Pronunciation for greedy )
>> |
>> | Definitions
>> |
>> | adjective
>> |
>> | Word forms: greedier, greediest
>> |
>> | 1. excessively desirous of food or wealth, esp in large amounts;
>> | voracious
>> | 2. (postpositive) foll by for eager (for) ⇒ `a man greedy for
>> | success'
>> |
>> | Derived Forms
>> |
>> | ˈgreedily adverb
>> | ˈgreediness noun
>> |
>> | Word Origin
>> |
>> | Old English grǣdig; related to Old Norse grāthugr, Gothic grēdags
>> | hungry, Old High German grātac
>> |
>> | Example Sentences Including 'greediness'
>> |
>> | At times his greediness got the better of him but he never let
>> | his enthusiasm go off the boil.
>> |
>> | Sun, News of the World (2004)
>> |
>> | Broilers consume lots more feed-there's a good chance that
>> | greediness has been inadvertently selected for.
>> |
>> | New Scientist (1998)
>> |
>> | Mr Carman asked him if he had a `streak of greediness " in him
>> | for money, expensive cars and Rolex watches.
>> |
>> | Sun, News of the World (1999)
>> |
>> | Thus individuals who do experience strong pulls of greediness
>> | often go to desperate measures to hide their behaviour.
>> |
>> | Knowles, Jane Know Your Own Mind
>> `-------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> If I were you, Thorsten, I wouldn't rely on "The Sun and "NOTW" for
> particularly nuanced usage of the English language, even if Collins does
> quote them. "New Scientist" is in a different category, but I think
> "greed" would be much better in the example given for the following
> reason:
>
> I would say that "greed" is traditionally "a deadly sin", i.e. a moral
> failing, whereas "greediness" is a (normally) non-fatal display of
> overindulgence. Bankers may be reviled for their greed, but
> sticky-faced children told off for their greediness.
>
> In "Mastering Regular Expressions", Friedl refers to the "greediness"
> aspect of regular expressions, which, given the lack of a moral context,
> seems to me the appropriate choice.
At least nuanced usage of the English language is still a topic. Here in
Germany we are almost back to Martin Luthers free-style phonetic
spelling after decades of so called 'language reforms' ;)
--
cheers,
Thorsten
- regexp question: match anything but not a group?, Thorsten Jolitz, 2014/04/01
- Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group?, Andreas Röhler, 2014/04/02
- Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group?, Thorsten Jolitz, 2014/04/03
- Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group?, Stefan Monnier, 2014/04/03
- Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group?, Thorsten Jolitz, 2014/04/04
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- Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group?, Loris Bennett, 2014/04/04
- Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group?, Andreas Röhler, 2014/04/04
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- Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group?, Andreas Röhler, 2014/04/04
- Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group?, Andreas Röhler, 2014/04/04
- Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group?, Thorsten Jolitz, 2014/04/04
Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group?, Andreas Röhler, 2014/04/02
Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group?, Stefan Monnier, 2014/04/03
Re: regexp question: match anything but not a group?, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2014/04/03