# \[Pitch\] Regular Expression Literals

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-regular-expression-literals/52820>\
**Category:** Pitches\
**Created:** [October 14, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-regular-expression-literals/52820 "2021-10-14T15:56:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnno1962](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/johnno1962/32/6805_2.png) [@johnno1962](https://forums.swift.org/u/johnno1962)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/pitch-regular-expression-literals/52820/87 "2021-11-19T00:32:46Z")

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I still feel /regex/ is too flimsy a syntax on it's own. I saw this tweet today and thought of this thread:

> <https://twitter.com/whitequark/status/1227711713283276800>

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