Jeffrey C. Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I think Mike Coleman proposal of enabling this behaviour via flag is probably best and IMHO we should consider it under these circumstances. Intuitively, I think you're interpretation of what re.split should do under zero-width conditions is logical, and I almost think this should be a 2-minor number transition à la from __future__ import zeroWidthRegexpSplit if we are to consider it as the long-term 'right thing to do'. 3000 (3.0) seems a good place to also consider it for true overhaul / reexamination, especially as we are writing 'upgrade' scripts for many of the other Python features. However, I would say this, Guido has spoken and it may be too late for the pebbles to vote.
I would like to add this patch as a new item to the general Regexp Enhancements thread of issue 2636 though, as I think it is an idea worth considering when overhauling Regexp. _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3262> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
