1 files changed, 4 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/libpathod/utils.py b/libpathod/utils.py
index f421b8a6..39732849 100644
--- a/libpathod/utils.py
+++ b/libpathod/utils.py
@@ -1,27 +1,14 @@
 import os, re
 import rparse
 
-class AnchorError(Exception): pass
 
-
-def parse_anchor_spec(s, settings):
+def parse_anchor_spec(s):
     """
-        For now, this is very simple, and you can't have an '=' in your regular
-        expression.
+        Return a tuple, or None on error.
     """
     if not "=" in s:
-        raise AnchorError("Invalid anchor definition: %s"%s)
-    rex, spec = s.split("=", 1)
-    try:
-        re.compile(rex)
-    except re.error:
-        raise AnchorError("Invalid regex in anchor: %s"%s)
-    try:
-        rparse.parse(settings, spec)
-    except rparse.ParseException, v:
-        raise AnchorError("Invalid page spec in anchor: '%s', %s"%(s, str(v)))
-
-    return rex, spec
+        return None
+    return tuple(s.split("=", 1))
 
 
 class Data: