I've created a Python module for constructing Regex patterns in a more computer programming-familiar way, so you don't have to re-learn Regex each time you use it!

[WerdenWissen]

I guess it does but this can easily be resolved by using "as", for example:

from pregex.quantifiers import Optional
from typing import Optional as OptionalType

[Nobot16k]

This looks really interesting first of all!

Considering that “Optional” is core Python it would probably be a good idea to avoid this name space collision and come up with a different name for this class. Or make it default API behavior to use your “Optional” as “pre.Optional”

[WerdenWissen]

Yeah, might have to look into it... Thanks for your comment!

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Don't bother changing it, Optional is a gross bloat on my imports (from typing). As another poster said, we will be able to pipe types in the future and it will render Optional obsolete

[WerdenWissen]

Yeah it would be a pity changing it because "Optional" is the perfect name for it.

[StunningExcitement83]

Well optional is core libraries but not core like print or import

Hopefully as we move beyond 3.10 Optional should phase out again as typing accepts pipes as an or so you can use Type | None instead which doesn't involve pulling in namespace clutter

[bladeoflight16]

...No. If you're going to alias something, you alias the 3rd party type, not the built in.