Re: [FWP] keyword parser for search engine

[Chip Turner <chip@zfx.com>]

Andrew Pimlott <andrew@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net> writes:

> On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 09:00:52PM -0500, Jeff Pinyan wrote:
> > I'm not sure if there is need for one in module form, but I've written a
> > keyword parser for search engines that work on a simple level of wildcard
> > expansion.
> 
> Actually, I think it would be very cool to have a series of x-to-re
> modules that convert various pattern languages into perl regular
> expressions.  All of the various glob styles are obvious candidates.

I like this idea.  Even more fun would be to put a nice OO layer on
it, using blessed qr{} references as the regexps.  Perhaps have an
abstract base class that defines the interface to the classes...

Endless, fun possibilities!

Chip

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