Re: [Python-markdown-discuss] AtomicString

[Waylan L. <wa...@gm...>]

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:09 AM, Yuri Takhteyev <qar...@gm...> wrote:
>> Therefore, I propose that we select 2 strings of random chars (using
>> whatever method you desire) and **hardcode** those 2 strings into
>> markdown.py. That way, on each import (each page view in the above
>> scenario) the placeholder strings will be the same and debugging will
>> be consistent.  What we really want is a string that will never be
>> matched by another inline pattern's regex. We just need a string of
>> all same-case chars between a-z of length n. As long as it does not
>> contain any known words or abbreviations it works for me.
>> Additionally, if the string is consistent, that makes it easier for an
>> extension author to write  the regex for inline patterns that will not
>> match the string in the placeholder.
>
> That's exactly what I suggested in my first email to this thread. :)
>
And that's exactly what I plan to use once I got the whitespace issues
work out (I think I got it last night - just need a little more
testing).


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Waylan Limberg
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