Re: re.NONE

2009-06-24 Thread John Machin
On Jun 24, 5:18 pm, John Machin 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 a

Re: re.NONE

2009-06-24 Thread John Machin
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 > > Al

Re: re.NONE

2009-06-23 Thread 1x7y2z9
On Jun 22, 5:56 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message > c77d-4a47-8cb4-7dd916d69...@s1g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, 1x7y2z9 wrote: > > Not sure if this is defined in a later version, but it would be nice > > to define re.NONE = 0 in the re module. > > Do so: > >     re.NONE = 0 > > Problem so

Re: re.NONE

2009-06-22 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message , 1x7y2z9 wrote: > Not sure if this is defined in a later version, but it would be nice > to define re.NONE = 0 in the re module. Do so: re.NONE = 0 Problem solved. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: re.NONE

2009-06-22 Thread Xavier Ho
Rhodri wrote: They aren't talking about None, they're talking about a hypothetical re.NONE to use as a flag to re.match() and the like. There's no issue with defining that to be 0, since it is the correct value! Ah, I see. That makes more sense. Thanks. :] (... I fail at sending to mailing list

Re: re.NONE

2009-06-22 Thread Rhodri James
Re-ordered to eliminate the top-posting. On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:47:49 +0100, Xavier Ho wrote: On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:43 AM, MRAB wrote: 1x7y2z9 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: re.NONE

2009-06-22 Thread MRAB
1x7y2z9 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 othe