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Dear Claude: Please don't use regex to parse code

https://mbmccoy.dev/posts/no-regex-claude/

by _alternator_ • 2 months ago

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bediger4000• 2 months ago

Given how LLM-based "AI" works, if Claude tends to write regex based code parsers that means that a large majority of (human written) code out there is of limited capability or buggy or just plain wrong.

This also gives a mechanism for how vibe coding could introduce really inexplicable app behavior - regexes that work correctly a lot of the time but not always. Looking forward to it!

alwillis• 2 months ago

You can use Language Server Protocol (LSP) in Claude Code; no more regexes [1].

[1] https://code.claude.com/docs/en/discover-plugins

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