[Python-Dev] re.Scanner and string.Template (original) (raw)

nathan binkert nate at binkert.org
Thu Sep 17 17:31:54 CEST 2009


I've been working on code that works a lot like string.Template and in the process, I stumbled on re.Scanner. I have two questions.

  1. Is re.Scanner ever going to be official? Can I count on it being in future versions of python? It's been there for a really long time, so I assume so, but something that's undocumented seems that it could be dropped easily.
  2. Is there a reason that string.Template doesn't use re.Scanner? My understanding of re.Scanner is that it is exactly what you want for something like string.Template.

Thanks,

Nate Binkert



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