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author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2003-08-31 05:29:02 (GMT) |
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committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2003-08-31 05:29:02 (GMT) |
commit | 2f3e5483a3324b44fa5dbbb98859dc0ac42b6070 (patch) | |
tree | b5329c080b9739a05b67c67d54301ece5a5edcb5 | |
parent | 0a6aa28681b38bba28b633078f7a0809715fefc1 (diff) | |
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SF bug #732120:An extended definition of "non-overlapping" would save time.
Clarified the meaning of non-overlapping in patterns with zero length
matches.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libre.tex b/Doc/lib/libre.tex index a78fbc3..e31ccd0 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libre.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libre.tex @@ -547,14 +547,15 @@ ignored. \var{string}. If one or more groups are present in the pattern, return a list of groups; this will be a list of tuples if the pattern has more than one group. Empty matches are included in the - result. + result unless they touch the beginning of another match. \versionadded{1.5.2} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{finditer}{pattern, string} Return an iterator over all non-overlapping matches for the RE \var{pattern} in \var{string}. For each match, the iterator returns - a match object. Empty matches are included in the result. + a match object. Empty matches are included in the result unless they + touch the beginning of another match. \versionadded{2.2} \end{funcdesc} |