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

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Fri Dec 8 10:41:01 CET 2006


Fredrik Lundh wrote:

Talin wrote:

The original proposal was to make m[n] a synonym for m.group(n). "group()" is clearly map-like in its behavior. so have you checked what exception m.group(n) raises when you try to access a group that doesn't exist ?

The KeyError vs IndexError distinction is unreliable enough that I'll typically just catch LookupError if I don't know exactly what type I'm dealing with.

Cheers, Nick.

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