Patches and suggestions are very welcome!
ASDF-install package (obsolete) http://terse-ppcre.googlecode.com/files/terse-ppcre_0.01.tar.gz
terse-ppcre
TERSE-PPCRE aims to make manipulating CL-PPCRE regular expression parse trees easier and more succinct. Project is hosted at terse-ppcre.googlecode.com along with documentation.