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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1997-12-09 19:45:47 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1997-12-09 19:45:47 (GMT) |
| commit | 28f9a68deb7ca9e9d44c2dcc0fc4d80430219eb0 (patch) | |
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Added note about the module's obsolescence.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libregex.tex | 12 | ||||
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libregex.tex b/Doc/lib/libregex.tex index ee1563d..bf937f2 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libregex.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libregex.tex @@ -3,7 +3,17 @@ \bimodindex{regex} This module provides regular expression matching operations similar to -those found in Emacs. It is always available. +those found in Emacs. + +\strong{Obsolescence note:} +This module is obsolete as of Python version 1.5; it is still being +maintained because much existing code still uses it. All new code in +need of regular expressions should use the new \code{re} module, which +supports the more powerful and regular Perl-style regular expressions. +Existing code should be converted. The standard library module +\code{reconvert} helps in converting \code{regex} style regular +expressions to \code{re} style regular expressions. (The interfaces +are different too, so the conversion cannot be fully automated.) By default the patterns are Emacs-style regular expressions (with one exception). There is diff --git a/Doc/libregex.tex b/Doc/libregex.tex index ee1563d..bf937f2 100644 --- a/Doc/libregex.tex +++ b/Doc/libregex.tex @@ -3,7 +3,17 @@ \bimodindex{regex} This module provides regular expression matching operations similar to -those found in Emacs. It is always available. +those found in Emacs. + +\strong{Obsolescence note:} +This module is obsolete as of Python version 1.5; it is still being +maintained because much existing code still uses it. All new code in +need of regular expressions should use the new \code{re} module, which +supports the more powerful and regular Perl-style regular expressions. +Existing code should be converted. The standard library module +\code{reconvert} helps in converting \code{regex} style regular +expressions to \code{re} style regular expressions. (The interfaces +are different too, so the conversion cannot be fully automated.) By default the patterns are Emacs-style regular expressions (with one exception). There is |