[Httplib2-discuss] =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Re:_Bug_#1455955:_Followup_=96_match?= =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?ing_"tokens"_in_regular_expressions?=

[Thomas B. <t.b...@gm...>]

2006/3/31, Thomas Broyer <t.b...@gm...>:
> Moreover, matching tokens and quoted-strings can be done within a
> single regex, using (?<=3D=85), (?=3D=85), (?<!=85) and (?!=85) construct=
s.
[=85]
> [=85] a small bug preventing commas from being prefixed with spaces
> (which is explicitely allowed by the definition of #-lists in HTTP).
[=85]
> Back to the [a-zA-Z0-9_-] vs. \w problem, I've done some more research
> and actually, the exact regex for a quoted string (without the <">s)
> is [=85]
> The exact regex for a token is [=85]

I've created a bug report [1] (1461941 =96 Bugs in
_parse_www_authenticate's regex + use a single regex) with attached
patch, and an alternative "lax" regex (far more readable)

[1] http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=3Ddetail&aid=3D1461941&gr=
oup_id=3D161082&atid=3D818434

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Thomas Broyer