Steve Newcomb added the comment: > I preferred the previous example "<id>" because it's not obvious what > \042\047 is.
Yeah, but the example I wrote has an in-pattern backreference and a real reason to use one. In the attached patch, I have changed [\042\047] to [\'\"]. That's certainly clearer for everyone who has not memorized the ASCII table in octal! (Oops.) > And a bullet list would be less heavyweight IMO. Well... I rejected that choice because there would be no clarifying columnar distinction between contexts and syntaxes. Personally, I think the table is clearer. It makes it easier for users to find what they need know. >(Also please use "diff -u"; without context, the patch cannot be applied >automatically) Oops. Attached. ---------- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file27219/patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue15956> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
