New submission from Javier <javier.coll...@gmail.com>: In the string.Template documentation (http://docs.python.org/library/string.html) it's explained that if a custom regular expression for pattern substitution is needed, it's possible to override idpattern class attribute (whose default value is [_a-z][_a-z0-9]*).
However, if the custom pattern that is needed is just uppercase letters, something like [A-Z]+ won't work because of the following line in the _TemplateMetaclass class __init__ method: cls.pattern = _re.compile(pattern, _re.IGNORECASE | _re.VERBOSE) I would say that this is an error (IGNORECASE just shouldn't be there) and that the line above should be: cls.pattern = _re.compile(pattern, _re.VERBOSE) and the default value for idpattern: [_a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9]* Do you agree on this? Is there any reason for the IGNORECASE option to be passed to re.compile? ---------- components: IO, Regular Expressions messages: 91217 nosy: jcollado severity: normal status: open title: string.Template custom pattern not working type: behavior versions: Python 2.6, Python 3.0 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6630> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
