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author | Zachary Ware <zachary.ware@gmail.com> | 2015-11-12 05:34:00 (GMT) |
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committer | Zachary Ware <zachary.ware@gmail.com> | 2015-11-12 05:34:00 (GMT) |
commit | fe6d54bf5dd63cc339212b8e76d4afb01d8d89b2 (patch) | |
tree | 9bca7c7b75c29effe8c9b5252d12ebb8d4238501 | |
parent | 6e6ee30aad72425dd5a13c7a507f515318b1309e (diff) | |
parent | a99ab63d06f422efad1c6b4669b955172ef1f62a (diff) | |
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Merge with 3.5
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diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst index 8884584..a9f8161 100644 --- a/Doc/library/re.rst +++ b/Doc/library/re.rst @@ -556,13 +556,15 @@ form. .. data:: X VERBOSE - This flag allows you to write regular expressions that look nicer. Whitespace - within the pattern is ignored, except when in a character class or preceded by - an unescaped backslash, and, when a line contains a ``'#'`` neither in a - character class or preceded by an unescaped backslash, all characters from the - leftmost such ``'#'`` through the end of the line are ignored. - - That means that the two following regular expression objects that match a + This flag allows you to write regular expressions that look nicer and are + more readable by allowing you to visually separate logical sections of the + pattern and add comments. Whitespace within the pattern is ignored, except + when in a character class or when preceded by an unescaped backslash. + When a line contains a ``#`` that is not in a character class and is not + preceded by an unescaped backslash, all characters from the leftmost such + ``#`` through the end of the line are ignored. + + This means that the two following regular expression objects that match a decimal number are functionally equal:: a = re.compile(r"""\d + # the integral part |