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what debugging regex feels like (lemmy.ml)
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[–] frezik@midwest.social 6 points 10 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