in reply to Re^5: Combining regexes
in thread Combining regexes

I should have said "will not be noticeable in practice." In fact, I will say it...

Agreed. But...

Since there is no practical, clarity, nor conciseness advantage for this operation; why would you choose to use the less efficient over the more?

Better methinks to get into the habit of thinking: 1 for 1 replacement of single chars, use tr///; than to have to always make a decision (or even investigate at what point) you should shift tack for this maneuverer.

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Re^7: Combining regexes
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on May 21, 2016 at 18:47 UTC

    Agreed. But... um...   Well, I can't really come up with any pertinent exception or counterargument here. I just wanted to make the point to davies that in the context of the OPed question, there wasn't much difference.

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