On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 13:06 -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > attribution_pattern = re.compile(ur'(---?(?!-)|\u2014) *(?=[^ \n])') > > But wouldn't it be just as handy to teach the re module about \u and > \U, just as it already knows about \x (and \123 octals)?
And \n, \r, etc. Implementing \u in re is not only useful, but also consistent. _______________________________________________ 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
