Carl Banks wrote:
r didn't actually give a good example. Here is case where it's
actually useful. (Pretend the regexps are too complicated to be
parsed with string method.)
if re.match(r'go\s+(north|south|east|west)',cmd) as m:
hero.move(m.group(1))
elif re.match(r'take\s+(\w+)',cmd) as m:
hero.pick_up(m.group(1))
elif re.match(r'drop\s+(\w+)',cmd) as m:
here.put_Down(m.group(1))
The effect of this proposal can already be accomplished with a 'pocket'
class as has been posted before and again in a slightly different form
in Steve's post.
tjr
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