Steven D'Aprano wrote:
_t1 = re.compile(r"(\d)\1") # compile-time _t2 = re.compile(r"(\s)\1") # compile-time re.compile(_t1.pattern + _t2.pattern) # run-time
It would be weird if p"(\d)\1" + p"(\s)\1" worked but re.compile(r"(\d)\1") + re.compile(r"(\s)\1") didn't. -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/