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Email address validation: Simpler, Faster, More Correct

So, I have merged the obsolete-syntax into the code from the last post. This has resulted in shorter, cleaner, faster validation which is also more correct.
I didn’t like the fact that in the old code there were places where explicit try points needed to be included. It seems that these arose because the ‘obsolete’ syntax [...]

Posted 11 March 2009 † Porges § code ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Properly validating e-mail addresses (or converting EBNF to Parsec)

Update: See the better code in the next post.
In recent times there have been several calls for websites to properly validate email addresses. Invariably, the compiled regex from Perl’s RFC822 is pasted up as The Way To Do It. The problem with this is (as the source code from the Perl module notes) is that [...]

Posted 09 March 2009 † Porges § code § music ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , , ,