[Python-Dev] re.findall() should return named tuple (original) (raw)
Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Sat Dec 10 05:01:00 CET 2011
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On 12/8/2011 8:31 AM, Philipp A. wrote:
hi devs,
just an idea that popped up in my mind: re.findall() returns a list of tuples, where every entry of each tuple represents a match group. since match groups can be named, we are able to use named tuples instead of plain tuples here, in the same fashion as namedtuple’s rename works: misssing group names get renamed to 1 and so on. i suggest to add the rename keyword option, to findall, defaulting to True, since mixed positional and named tuples are more common than in usual use cases of namedtuple. do you think it’s a good idea?
I have not used named tuples or re.findall (much), so I have no opinion).
finally: should i join the mailing list to see answers? should i file a PEP? i have no idea how the inner workings of python development are, but i wanted to share this idea with you :)
Ideas like this should either go the the python-ideas list or to the tracker at bugs.python.org as a feature request. If you post to the list, you should either subscribe at mail.python.org or follow it as a newsgroup at news.gmane.org (which is what I do). Posting a tracker issue requires registration of some sort.
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