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what debugging regex feels like (lemmy.ml)
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[-] frezik@midwest.social 6 points 5 months ago

Not necessarily. For just debugging purposes, you can still break them up to help understand them. Even ignoring that, there are options in languages that don't implement /x.

https://wumpus-cave.net/post/2022/06/2022-06-06-how-to-write-regexes-that-are-almost-readable/index.html

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