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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/re.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/sre_constants.py | 11 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst index 96338dc..0b9d975 100644 --- a/Doc/library/re.rst +++ b/Doc/library/re.rst @@ -839,15 +839,15 @@ form. .. attribute:: pos - The index of *pattern* where compilation failed. + The index in *pattern* where compilation failed (may be ``None``). .. attribute:: lineno - The line corresponding to *pos*. + The line corresponding to *pos* (may be ``None``). .. attribute:: colno - The column corresponding to *pos*. + The column corresponding to *pos* (may be ``None``). .. versionchanged:: 3.5 Added additional attributes. diff --git a/Lib/sre_constants.py b/Lib/sre_constants.py index b016431..0261e9e 100644 --- a/Lib/sre_constants.py +++ b/Lib/sre_constants.py @@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ from _sre import MAXREPEAT, MAXGROUPS # should this really be here? class error(Exception): + """Exception raised for invalid regular expressions. + + Attributes: + + msg: The unformatted error message + pattern: The regular expression pattern + pos: The index in the pattern where compilation failed (may be None) + lineno: The line corresponding to pos (may be None) + colno: The column corresponding to pos (may be None) + """ + def __init__(self, msg, pattern=None, pos=None): self.msg = msg self.pattern = pattern |