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diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst index e8650d7..2020577 100644 --- a/Doc/library/re.rst +++ b/Doc/library/re.rst @@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ The special characters are: ``'m'``, or ``'$'``; ``[a-z]`` will match any lowercase letter, and ``[a-zA-Z0-9]`` matches any letter or digit. Character classes such as ``\w`` or ``\S`` (defined below) are also acceptable inside a - range, although the characters they match depends on whether :const:`LOCALE` - or :const:`UNICODE` mode is in force. If you want to include a - ``']'`` or a ``'-'`` inside a set, precede it with a backslash, or - place it as the first character. The pattern ``[]]`` will match - ``']'``, for example. + range, although the characters they match depends on whether + :const:`ASCII` or :const:`LOCALE` mode is in force. If you want to + include a ``']'`` or a ``'-'`` inside a set, precede it with a + backslash, or place it as the first character. The pattern ``[]]`` + will match ``']'``, for example. You can match the characters not within a range by :dfn:`complementing` the set. This is indicated by including a ``'^'`` as the first character of the set; @@ -493,7 +493,8 @@ form. IGNORECASE Perform case-insensitive matching; expressions like ``[A-Z]`` will match - lowercase letters, too. This is not affected by the current locale. + lowercase letters, too. This is not affected by the current locale + and works for Unicode characters as expected. .. data:: L |