New submission from Serhiy Storchaka: Currently re.escape() parameter has a name "pattern", but in the documentation the name of the parameter is "string".
The name "pattern" is not correct, and maybe even misleading. The argument of escape() is not a pattern, it is an arbitrary string, and escape() makes a pattern from it by escaping special characters. It is unlikely that the argument is passed to re.escape() by keyword. Therefore renaming it to "string" shouldn't break existing code. ---------- components: Regular Expressions messages: 291514 nosy: ezio.melotti, mrabarnett, r.david.murray, serhiy.storchaka priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Bad parameter name in re.escape() type: enhancement versions: Python 3.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue30045> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
