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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_re.py22
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
-rw-r--r--Modules/_sre.c18
3 files changed, 41 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_re.py b/Lib/test/test_re.py
index 20b1a14..841d3a3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_re.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_re.py
@@ -1104,6 +1104,28 @@ class ReTests(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(re.compile(pattern, re.S).findall(b'xyz'),
[b'xyz'], msg=pattern)
+ def test_match_repr(self):
+ for string in '[abracadabra]', S('[abracadabra]'):
+ m = re.search(r'(.+)(.*?)\1', string)
+ self.assertEqual(repr(m), "<%s.%s object; "
+ "span=(1, 12), match='abracadabra'>" %
+ (type(m).__module__, type(m).__qualname__))
+ for string in (b'[abracadabra]', B(b'[abracadabra]'),
+ bytearray(b'[abracadabra]'),
+ memoryview(b'[abracadabra]')):
+ m = re.search(rb'(.+)(.*?)\1', string)
+ self.assertEqual(repr(m), "<%s.%s object; "
+ "span=(1, 12), match=b'abracadabra'>" %
+ (type(m).__module__, type(m).__qualname__))
+
+ first, second = list(re.finditer("(aa)|(bb)", "aa bb"))
+ self.assertEqual(repr(first), "<%s.%s object; "
+ "span=(0, 2), match='aa'>" %
+ (type(second).__module__, type(first).__qualname__))
+ self.assertEqual(repr(second), "<%s.%s object; "
+ "span=(3, 5), match='bb'>" %
+ (type(second).__module__, type(second).__qualname__))
+
def test_bug_2537(self):
# issue 2537: empty submatches
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5d4ac75..ca2acf5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #17087: Improved the repr for regular expression match objects.
+
- Issue #18235: Fix the sysconfig variables LDSHARED and BLDSHARED under AIX.
Patch by David Edelsohn.
diff --git a/Modules/_sre.c b/Modules/_sre.c
index 0db4ebe..84330ef 100644
--- a/Modules/_sre.c
+++ b/Modules/_sre.c
@@ -3637,6 +3637,22 @@ match_regs_get(MatchObject *self)
return match_regs(self);
}
+static PyObject *
+match_repr(MatchObject *self)
+{
+ PyObject *result;
+ PyObject *group0 = match_getslice_by_index(self, 0, Py_None);
+ if (group0 == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ result = PyUnicode_FromFormat(
+ "<%s object; span=(%d, %d), match=%.50R>",
+ Py_TYPE(self)->tp_name,
+ self->mark[0], self->mark[1], group0);
+ Py_DECREF(group0);
+ return result;
+}
+
+
static PyGetSetDef match_getset[] = {
{"lastindex", (getter)match_lastindex_get, (setter)NULL},
{"lastgroup", (getter)match_lastgroup_get, (setter)NULL},
@@ -3665,7 +3681,7 @@ static PyTypeObject Match_Type = {
0, /* tp_getattr */
0, /* tp_setattr */
0, /* tp_reserved */
- 0, /* tp_repr */
+ (reprfunc)match_repr, /* tp_repr */
0, /* tp_as_number */
0, /* tp_as_sequence */
0, /* tp_as_mapping */