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author | Mariatta <Mariatta@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-06-10 14:25:33 (GMT) |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-06-10 14:25:33 (GMT) |
commit | 76eabd3a21dc578de6093d45dd8d69a5ec4b9afe (patch) | |
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bpo-25409: Clarify fnmatch and fnmatchcase documentation (GH-1535) (GH-2065)
Mention that fnmatchcase does not call normcase, and fnmatch does.
(cherry picked from commit e5f6e86c48c7b2eb9e1d6a0e72867b4d8b4720f3)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst b/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst index c03a9d3..634c26e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst +++ b/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst @@ -43,9 +43,8 @@ patterns. .. function:: fnmatch(filename, pattern) Test whether the *filename* string matches the *pattern* string, returning - :const:`True` or :const:`False`. If the operating system is case-insensitive, - then both parameters will be normalized to all lower- or upper-case before - the comparison is performed. :func:`fnmatchcase` can be used to perform a + :const:`True` or :const:`False`. Both parameters are case-normalized + using :func:`os.path.normcase`. :func:`fnmatchcase` can be used to perform a case-sensitive comparison, regardless of whether that's standard for the operating system. @@ -63,7 +62,8 @@ patterns. .. function:: fnmatchcase(filename, pattern) Test whether *filename* matches *pattern*, returning :const:`True` or - :const:`False`; the comparison is case-sensitive. + :const:`False`; the comparison is case-sensitive and does not apply + :func:`os.path.normcase`. .. function:: filter(names, pattern) |