[Python-Dev] a feature i'd like to see in python #2: indexing of match objects (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sun Dec 3 22:01:04 CET 2006


Steve Holden schrieb:

Precisely. But your example had only one group "(b)" in it, which is retrieved using m.group(1). So the subgroups are numbered starting from 1 and subgroup 0 is a special case which returns the whole match.

I know what the Zen says about special cases, but in this case the rules were apparently broken with impunity.

Well, the proposal was to interpret m[i] as m.group(i), for all values of i. I can't see anything confusing with that.

Regards, Martin



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