Re^5: What are greedy and lazy matching in Perl?

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But the context is a discussion of regex quantification, and what is the meaning of deferred or on-demand quantification?

I will make my last-ditch stand upon an appeal to authority: The Book* by Friedl, which uses "lazy" as the primary term for this quantification mode. And there you have it: Friedl said it; I believe it; that settles it!

* At least, the second edition of The Book. For some reason, I couldn't dig out my copy of the first edition, but I'm sure it uses the same terminology. I never bought the third edition. While preferring the term lazy, Friedl also acknowledges the terms "minimal matching", "non-greedy" and "ungreedy". I think I would use maximal/minimal matching in full-blown pedant mode (it is completely unambiguous WRT, e.g., deferred/on-demand/eager evaluation), but too cumbersome for everyday use; greedy/lazy for me. Ungreedy is just more Newspeak and so not to my taste.

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Re^6: What are greedy and lazy matching in Perl? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jul 30, 2015 at 13:20 UTC
But the context is a discussion of regex quantification, and what is the meaning of deferred or on-demand quantification? None. Which I why I wouldn't use it in that context. As I said above, it doesn't make sense in that context. Friedl said it; I believe it; that settles it! Two out three ain't bad! :) Anyone got any experience of this phone's predecessor? With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". I knew I was on the right track :) In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. I'm with torvalds on this Agile (and TDD) debunked I told'em LLVM was the way to go. But did they listen!	[reply]

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Re^6: What are greedy and lazy matching in Perl?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jul 30, 2015 at 13:20 UTC

But the context is a discussion of regex quantification, and what is the meaning of deferred or on-demand quantification?

None. Which I why I wouldn't use it in that context. As I said above, it doesn't make sense in that context.

Friedl said it; I believe it; that settles it!

Two out three ain't bad! :)

Anyone got any experience of this phone's predecessor?

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". I knew I was on the right track :)

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

I'm with torvalds on this Agile (and TDD) debunked I told'em LLVM was the way to go. But did they listen!

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