https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3b37658646926330cc2de6b1da2e780e4876949d commit: 3b37658646926330cc2de6b1da2e780e4876949d branch: 3.13 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: hauntsaninja <[email protected]> date: 2024-09-04T15:36:14-07:00 summary:
[3.13] gh-118508: Clarify which characters are matched by `\s` (GH-119155) (#123670) gh-118508: Clarify which characters are matched by `\s` (GH-119155) Clarify re syntax (cherry picked from commit 22fdb8cf899d2dd29f2ac0bf61309af6809719fb) Co-authored-by: Nice Zombies <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/re.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst index cc979fe66f7fe9..efb2722f18038f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/re.rst +++ b/Doc/library/re.rst @@ -600,10 +600,9 @@ character ``'$'``. ``\s`` For Unicode (str) patterns: - Matches Unicode whitespace characters (which includes - ``[ \t\n\r\f\v]``, and also many other characters, for example the - non-breaking spaces mandated by typography rules in many - languages). + Matches Unicode whitespace characters (as defined by :py:meth:`str.isspace`). + This includes ``[ \t\n\r\f\v]``, and also many other characters, for example the + non-breaking spaces mandated by typography rules in many languages. Matches ``[ \t\n\r\f\v]`` if the :py:const:`~re.ASCII` flag is used. _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-checkins.python.org/ Member address: [email protected]
