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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-12-10 23:05:53 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-12-10 23:05:53 (GMT)
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The 'l' flag (locale specific matching) has been renamed to 'L'.
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libre.tex5
-rw-r--r--Doc/libre.tex5
-rw-r--r--Modules/pypcre.c4
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libre.tex b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
index 6f216a7..b63a5fa 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libre.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
@@ -164,10 +164,11 @@ class: \code{[(] [)]}.
determines what the meaning and further syntax of the construct is.
Following are the currently supported extensions.
%
-\item[\code{(?ilmsx)}] (One or more letters from the set 'i', 'l', 'm', 's',
+\item[\code{(?iLmsx)}] (One or more letters from the set 'i', 'L', 'm', 's',
'x'.) The group matches the empty string; the letters set the
corresponding flags (re.I, re.L, re.M, re.S, re.X) for the entire regular
-expression. This is useful if you wish include the flags as part of the regular
+expression. (The flag 'L' is uppercase because it is not in standard Perl.)
+This is useful if you wish include the flags as part of the regular
expression, instead of passing a \var{flag} argument to the \code{compile} function.
%
\item[\code{(?:...)}] A non-grouping version of regular parentheses.
diff --git a/Doc/libre.tex b/Doc/libre.tex
index 6f216a7..b63a5fa 100644
--- a/Doc/libre.tex
+++ b/Doc/libre.tex
@@ -164,10 +164,11 @@ class: \code{[(] [)]}.
determines what the meaning and further syntax of the construct is.
Following are the currently supported extensions.
%
-\item[\code{(?ilmsx)}] (One or more letters from the set 'i', 'l', 'm', 's',
+\item[\code{(?iLmsx)}] (One or more letters from the set 'i', 'L', 'm', 's',
'x'.) The group matches the empty string; the letters set the
corresponding flags (re.I, re.L, re.M, re.S, re.X) for the entire regular
-expression. This is useful if you wish include the flags as part of the regular
+expression. (The flag 'L' is uppercase because it is not in standard Perl.)
+This is useful if you wish include the flags as part of the regular
expression, instead of passing a \var{flag} argument to the \code{compile} function.
%
\item[\code{(?:...)}] A non-grouping version of regular parentheses.
diff --git a/Modules/pypcre.c b/Modules/pypcre.c
index 5d41cc1..797d955 100644
--- a/Modules/pypcre.c
+++ b/Modules/pypcre.c
@@ -1755,7 +1755,7 @@ for (;; ptr++)
{
case '#':
case 'i':
- case 'l':
+ case 'L':
case 'm':
case 's':
case 'x':
@@ -2476,7 +2476,7 @@ while ((c = *(++ptr)) != 0)
options |= PCRE_CASELESS;
continue;
}
- else if ((c = *ptr) == 'l')
+ else if ((c = *ptr) == 'L')
{
options |= PCRE_LOCALE;
continue;