> the issue of regex mixing up control in-band with data
Could you explain this? I don't quite understand what the problem is. Do you mean something like sed's regex substitute command?
Could you explain this? I don't quite understand what the problem is. Do you mean something like sed's regex substitute command?
If you use syntax like "a"* "b" then it's really obvious - the stuff in quotes is literal text, everything else is control.
Lots of formats make the same mistake, e.g. YAML.