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Subject: Re: Mapping Functions Versions for All and Some
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* Joseph Wright <joseph.wright@morningstar2.co.uk> [2012-02-02 10:44:09 +0000]:

Hi Joseph,

: There is certainly nothing at present in l3kernel to do this. What I am
: not sure of here is a use case: these seem somewhat unusual functions.
: 
: Although it is not yet in l3kernel, I wonder if this is a job for the
: l3regex module that Bruno has written. Using a regex, it is possible to
: specify complex token list requirements without needing lots of
: dedicated functions (at the cost of performance). (The regex code is in
: l3experimental.) For example, The following shoul (I hope) match a token
: list made up entirely of letters with category code 'letter'
: 
:   \regex_match:nnTF { <tokens> } { ^\c[a-zA-Z]L+$ } ...

Thanks. For token lists, the regex module seems more appropriate than
my proposal. Also I have to admit that I hadn't looked at the regexp
module yet. It certainly lets me do what I need. However, I think the
functions I proposed are useful on their own.

Regards,


Marc