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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libreconvert.tex b/Doc/lib/libreconvert.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 29c6e52..0000000 --- a/Doc/lib/libreconvert.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,80 +0,0 @@ -\section{\module{reconvert} --- - Convert regular expressions from regex to re form} -\declaremodule{standard}{reconvert} -\moduleauthor{Andrew M. Kuchling}{amk@amk.ca} -\sectionauthor{Skip Montanaro}{skip@pobox.com} - - -\modulesynopsis{Convert regex-, emacs- or sed-style regular expressions -to re-style syntax.} - - -This module provides a facility to convert regular expressions from the -syntax used by the deprecated \module{regex} module to those used by the -newer \module{re} module. Because of similarity between the regular -expression syntax of \code{sed(1)} and \code{emacs(1)} and the -\module{regex} module, it is also helpful to convert patterns written for -those tools to \module{re} patterns. - -When used as a script, a Python string literal (or any other expression -evaluating to a string) is read from stdin, and the translated expression is -written to stdout as a string literal. Unless stdout is a tty, no trailing -newline is written to stdout. This is done so that it can be used with -Emacs \code{C-U M-|} (shell-command-on-region) which filters the region -through the shell command. - -\begin{seealso} - \seetitle{Mastering Regular Expressions}{Book on regular expressions - by Jeffrey Friedl, published by O'Reilly. The second - edition of the book no longer covers Python at all, - but the first edition covered writing good regular expression - patterns in great detail.} -\end{seealso} - -\subsection{Module Contents} -\nodename{Contents of Module reconvert} - -The module defines two functions and a handful of constants. - -\begin{funcdesc}{convert}{pattern\optional{, syntax=None}} - Convert a \var{pattern} representing a \module{regex}-stype regular - expression into a \module{re}-style regular expression. The optional - \var{syntax} parameter is a bitwise-or'd set of flags that control what - constructs are converted. See below for a description of the various - constants. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{quote}{s\optional{, quote=None}} - Convert a string object to a quoted string literal. - - This is similar to \function{repr} but will return a "raw" string (r'...' - or r"...") when the string contains backslashes, instead of doubling all - backslashes. The resulting string does not always evaluate to the same - string as the original; however it will do just the right thing when passed - into re.compile(). - - The optional second argument forces the string quote; it must be a single - character which is a valid Python string quote. Note that prior to Python - 2.5 this would not accept triple-quoted string delimiters. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{datadesc}{RE_NO_BK_PARENS} - Suppress paren conversion. This should be omitted when converting - \code{sed}-style or \code{emacs}-style regular expressions. -\end{datadesc} - -\begin{datadesc}{RE_NO_BK_VBAR} - Suppress vertical bar conversion. This should be omitted when converting - \code{sed}-style or \code{emacs}-style regular expressions. -\end{datadesc} - -\begin{datadesc}{RE_BK_PLUS_QM} - Enable conversion of \code{+} and \code{?} characters. This should be - added to the \var{syntax} arg of \function{convert} when converting - \code{sed}-style regular expressions and omitted when converting - \code{emacs}-style regular expressions. -\end{datadesc} - -\begin{datadesc}{RE_NEWLINE_OR} - When set, newline characters are replaced by \code{|}. -\end{datadesc} |