Bugs item #1243192, was opened at 2005-07-22 16:20 Message generated for change (Settings changed) made by gbrandl You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1243192&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Documentation Group: Python 2.5 Status: Closed Resolution: Fixed Priority: 5 Submitted By: Nik Haldimann (nhaldimann) >Assigned to: Georg Brandl (gbrandl) Summary: Incorrect documentation of re.UNICODE Initial Comment: The effects of the re.UNICODE flag are incorrectly documented in the library reference. Currently it says (Section 4.2.3): <snip> U UNICODE Make \w, \W, \b, and \B dependent on the Unicode character properties database. New in version 2.0. </snip> But this flag in fact also affects \d, \D, \s, and \S at least since Python 2.1 (I have checked 2.1.3 on Linux, 2.2.3, 2.3.5 and 2.4 on OS X and the source of _sre.c makes this obvious). Proof: Python 2.4 (#1, Feb 13 2005, 18:29:12) [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1666)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import re >>> not re.match(r"\d", u"\u0966") True >>> re.match(r"\d", u"\u0966", re.UNICODE) <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x36ee20> >>> not re.match(r"\s", u"\u2001") True >>> re.match(r"\s", u"\u2001", re.UNICODE) <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x36ee20> \u0966 is some Indian digit, \u2001 is an em space. I propose to change the docs to: <snip> U UNICODE Make \w, \W, \b, \B, \d, \D, \s, and \S dependent on the Unicode character properties database. New in version 2.0. </snip> Maybe the documentation of \d, \D, \s, and \S in section 2.4.1 of the library reference should also be adapted. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Georg Brandl (birkenfeld) Date: 2005-08-02 10:30 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1188172 Thanks! Committed as Doc/lib/libre.tex r1.114, r1.112.2.2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1243192&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
