[Python-Dev] Re: Missing arguments in RE functions (original) (raw)

A.M. Kuchling amk at amk.ca
Fri Sep 10 19:42:47 CEST 2004

On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 10:21:25AM -0700, Michael Chermside wrote:

(as Noam showed, the docs describe the functions then say the compiled REs work "just the same"),

This fact is just a historical accident, because I initially wrote the docs for the re module starting with the functions and then moving on to the methods. I can restructure the docs to make regex objects paramount. (The Regex HOWTO takes this approach; the module-level functions are mentioned in only one section, and not used outside of that section.)

--amk

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