https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a0c9f51561ac09928c7823d0cb5f47064dd4268c commit: a0c9f51561ac09928c7823d0cb5f47064dd4268c branch: 3.12 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: hauntsaninja <[email protected]> date: 2024-09-04T15:36:39-07:00 summary:
[3.12] gh-118508: Clarify which characters are matched by `\s` (GH-119155) (#123671) 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 813afcc483a28e..3c9b99c6438a17 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]
