In article <Xns91297E5A71028duncanrcpcouk@127.0.0.1> ,
Duncan Booth  <duncan@[...].uk>  wrote:
> tim@[...].cx (Tim Hammerquist) wrote in 
> news:slrn9r61oo.uim.tim@vegeta.ath.cx:
> 
> Wouldn't you be happier with this?:
> 
>    extensions = ['.htm', '.html', '.shtm', '.shtml', '.phtm',
>         '.phtml', '.cgi', '.php', '.php2', 'php3', '.php4', '.pl']
>    ext = os.path.splitext(filename)[1]
>    if ext in extensions:
>       ...
> 
> which has the arguable advantage of matching what your description says 
> instead of what your original code does.

Well, if you're going to do that, extensions should be a dict for real
speed.  ;-)

> regexes are wonderful: in moderation.

'Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular
expressions".  Now they have two problems.'  --Jamie Zawinski, comp.lang.emacs
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