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Melody 0.19.0 | A language that compiles to regular expressions and aims to be more readable and maintainable (github.com)
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[–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

so, where’s the email address regex? that’s where this lives or dies. there is no reason to use this for extremely simple happy-path regexes.

i’m having a tough time understanding who this is for. a beginner might think this is great, but they’re shooting themselves in the foot by adding an additional layer of abstraction rather than reading something to learn the basics.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I am of the opinion that regex for email address is a bad idea. The only two things that you need to check an email address are:

    Does the address contain an @ symbol?
    Is there a dot to the right of the @ symbol?

    Then just try to deliver to it, and let the MTA do the rest.

    Email addresses can be complicated, and there's plenty of valid addresses that can be excluded by attempts at regex validation.

    @custom_situation @yoavlavi

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