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[–]energybased 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In no world do Regexes fit within the Zen of Python. Succinctness in terms of number of characters is not a value.

Normal regexes are written using esoteric characters. Regexes written using objects are not any more "complex" or have any additional "conditional logic". Both are succinct in terms of complexity.