On Tue, May 26, 2009, MRAB wrote:
>
> >>> 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)?
Please file a report on bugs.python.org so this doesn't get lost.
Attaching a suggested patch for _sre.c would be most welcome.
--
Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/
"In many ways, it's a dull language, borrowing solid old concepts from
many other languages & styles: boring syntax, unsurprising semantics,
few automatic coercions, etc etc. But that's one of the things I like
about it." --Tim Peters on Python, 16 Sep 1993
_______________________________________________
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
