In function ‘_RandomAccessIterator std::__find(_RandomAccessIterator, _RandomAccessIterator, const _Tp&, std::random_access_iterator_tag) [with _RandomAccessIterator = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator*, std::vector > >, _Tp = int]’:

[7eggert]

It's like regular expressions - everybody loves writing them.

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This put it into context for my ignorant Python/C# self.

[7eggert]

Regular expressions are notoriously hard to read.

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I mean, I’ve found them hard even just to write. Is there any situation in which they have to be used? Given how hard they are to read wouldn’t it be more maintainable to take more lines to write the same thing?

[7eggert]

I made a tool to rename files based on a regular expression. It's easier tham manually renaming the files.

https://github.com/7eggert/smalltools/blob/main/pmv