FW: [Python-Dev] Noam's open regex requests (original) (raw)
Raymond Hettinger python at rcn.com
Thu Sep 23 02:15:30 CEST 2004
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Raymond> Haven't heard a peep on this one. Is anyone going to be miffed Raymond> if I accept Noam's requests?
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I thought most of the opinion (certainly from Fredrik and Guido) ran counter to the request.
IIRC, this is the part of the request that wasn't shot down. Originally, the OP wanted the function API to fully duplicate the method API. There were several reasons for not doing that: API stability; where to put the flags argument relative to the start/stop arguments; the functions were supposed to be kept simple; and there were unresolvable argument order conflicts.
So, the remaining part of the request is more humble: document that the functions are not supposed to be full featured, fully document the existing API, and to give findall() and finditer() the same interface as the other functions.
I sent Fred a note on the third part and will stick with whatever he says if there is a reply.
Raymond
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