in the doc for re module http://python.org/doc/lib/module-re.html
4.2.2 on Matching vs Searching http://python.org/doc/lib/matching-searching.html Its mentioning of Perl is irrelevant, since the majority reading that page will not have expertise with Perl regex. The whole section should be deleted, because it only adds confusion. (later section 4.2.3 on search and match methods plainly indicated their difference.) (the mentioning of perl there is a combination of author masterbation, ass kissing, and Python fanaticism. All together innocently done as ignorance of standard authors.) A detailed explanation of their difference or the mentioning of Perl should be in FAQ or such material. in section 4.2.6 Examples, there needs to be more and simple examples. (e.g. http://xahlee.org/perl-python/regex.html.) The beginning large section about some scaf() should be deleted for the same reason as the Perl above. ------------------------- in section 11.12.2 SMTP Examples http://python.org/doc/lib/SMTP-example.html the example given is turgid. In a tutorial or documentation, you want to give example as short and to the point as possible. In this case, it is illustrating how to use smtplib, not how to preamble with nice command line interface. A better example would be like: import smtplib smtpServer='smtp.yourdomain.com'; fromAddr='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; toAddr='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; text='''Subject: test test Hi ... ''' server = smtplib.SMTP(smtpServer) server.set_debuglevel(1) server.sendmail(fromAddr, toAddr, text) server.quit() Xah [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://xahlee.org/PageTwo_dir/more.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list