[Python-Dev] When will regex really go away? (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Thu Mar 2 17:10:30 CET 2006


skip at pobox.com wrote:

The docstring shows how to use it. Yet another Andrew Kuchling gem as I recall (or maybe an effbot gem).

amk, most likely.

and in 92.65% of all cases, switching from "regex" to "re" involves adding \ in front of (, | and ) if they don't already have them, and removing \ from any instances of (, | and ) that already have them. or something like that.



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