On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 07:38:21PM +0100, "Martin v. L?wis" wrote: > Aahz schrieb: > >>> this one is fairly simple. if `m' is a match object, i'd like to be > >>> able to write m[1] instead of m.group(1). (similarly, m[:] should return > >>> the same as list(m.groups()).) this would remove some of the verbosity > >>> of regexp code, with probably a net gain in readability; certainly no > >>> loss. > >> Please post a patch to sf.net/projects/python (or its successor). > > > > Given the list of issues and subsequent discussion so far, I think a PEP > > will be required. This needs more documentation than the typical patch. > > I disagree. So far, nobody has spoken against the proposed feature. It's > really a small addition of a new method to an existing type. Entire > classes have been added to the standard library without a PEP. People > can still criticize the patch when its posted (and it's not clear that > the OP is even willing to produce a patch).
Agreed. Just implement it including test cases testing and demoing the corner cases. Making match objects have sequence and dict behaviour for groups is imnsho just common sense. -greg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
