MRAB wrote: > schickb wrote: >> I need a regex that will match strings containing only unicode letter >> characters (not including numeric or the _ character). I was surprised >> to find the 're' module does not include a special character class for >> this already (python 2.6). Or did I miss something? >> >> It seems like this would be a very common need. Is the following the >> only option to generate the character class (based on an old post by >> Martin v. Löwis )? >> > [snip] > Basically, yes. > > The re module was last worked on in 2003 (remember it's all voluntary!). > Such omissions should be addressed in Python 2.7.
By "should be" do you mean "ought to be (but I have no intention of helping)", "are expected to be (but someone else will be doing the work", "it's on my list and I am expecting to get finished in time for 2.7 integration" or something else? regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
