New submission from Pascal Bugnion <pas...@bugnion.org>:
The documentation for `re.sub` states that "Unknown escapes such as ``\&`` are left alone.". This is only true for escapes which are not ascii characters, as far as I can tell (c.f. source on https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Lib/sre_parse.py#L1047). Would there be value in amending that documentation to either remove that sentence or to clarify it? If so, I'm happy to submit a PR on GitHub. ---------- components: Regular Expressions messages: 334504 nosy: ezio.melotti, mrabarnett, pbugnion priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Incomplete documentation for re.sub versions: Python 3.7, Python 3.8 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue35846> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
