On Jun 24, 5:18 pm, John Machin <sjmac...@lexicon.net> wrote: > On Jun 23, 8:35 am, 1x7y2z9 <1x7y...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am currently using python v2.5.2. > > > Not sure if this is defined in a later version, but it would be nice > > to define re.NONE = 0 in the re module. This would be useful in cases > > such as: > > flags = re.DOTALL if dotall else re.NONE > > > Also useful for "building up" flags by ORing with other flags. > > -1 > > 0 is even more useful. YAGNI. > > BTW everybody try typing NONE a few times fast ... if your fingers > don't fight your brain and produce None anyway, you haven't been using > Python long enough :-)
Oh and I forgot to mention that if this proposal goes ahead it will need a one-letter version -- perhaps re.Z -- and maybe even a PEP. It could end up rivalling the legendary IEFBR14 in the ratio-of-overhead- to-functionality stakes. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
