I've just noticed an oddity of the re module while looking at the sources. I'll illustrate it below:
>>> import re >>> p = re.compile("foo") >>> help(p.match) Help on built-in function match: match(...) match(string[, pos[, endpos]]) --> match object or None. Matches zero or more characters at the beginning of the string >>> p.match(string="foo") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#8>", line 1, in <module> p.match(string="foo") TypeError: Required argument 'pattern' (pos 1) not found >>> The name of the first argument should be "string", yet it's "pattern". Does anyone know if it's anything other than a mistake? Should it be fixed in the next version of the re module, or are we just stuck with it (and should just change the docstring to match)? _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com