[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

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[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

Mariatta Wijaya added the comment: There are two PRs for this issue. I accepted the earlier one, and it's been backported to 3.6. Thanks everyone. -- resolution: -> fixed stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed versions: -Python 3.5 ___ Python

[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

Mariatta Wijaya added the comment: New changeset 83e5c888fff2bf3663952b2bfd3a3ee6c20386ef by Mariatta in branch '3.6': [3.6] bpo-26656: Improve re.compile documentation (GH-3211) (GH-3225) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/83e5c888fff2bf3663952b2bfd3a3ee6c20386ef --

[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

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[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

Mariatta Wijaya added the comment: New changeset ed94a8b2851914bcda3a77b28b25517b8baa91e6 by Mariatta (Henk-Jaap Wagenaar) in branch 'master': bpo-26656: Improve re.compile documentation (GH-3211) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed94a8b2851914bcda3a77b28b25517b8baa91e6 --

[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

Henk-Jaap Wagenaar added the comment: Emily: I've signed the CLA, just waiting for it to be checked. -- nosy: +Henk-Jaap Wagenaar ___ Python tracker ___

[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

Emily Morehouse added the comment: PR 3211 - LGTM, but is not CLA signed. Elena, a couple of notes on your patch. Using :ref:`regular expression object ` to link to the section of the documentation is preferred, as it does not rely on a consistent URL. Also, be mindful of line lengths, feel

[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

Elena Oat added the comment: Added the link to the regular expression objects. -- keywords: +patch nosy: +Elena.Oat Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file47103/issue26656.diff ___ Python tracker

[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

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[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

SylvainDe added the comment: @swapnil agarwal I think you can go for it. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

swapnil agarwal added the comment: hello team, I am novice developer. Can I take it up as my first bug. -- nosy: +swapnil agarwal ___ Python tracker ___

[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

Emily Morehouse added the comment: YAHO (yet another humble opinion), I support improving the current re.compile documentation by adding a link to the regular expression object documentation. Great way to point a user to the complete list of methods and attributes while keeping match() and

[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

SylvainDe added the comment: IMHO, the sentence is not bad as it is. An easy (?) yet efficient way to make it much better from the a user perspective would be to make the "regular expression object" text a link leading to https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#regular-expression-objects .

[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: FWIW, I think the sentence is fine as-is. The "which can be used" part doesn't purport to be all inclusive. I rather like that at match() and search() are mentioned -- this is better than more vague reference to "the methods described below" -- and this

[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

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[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

Matthew Barnett added the comment: @Sworddragon: Your post says that it should be more generic or complete the list, but it doesn't make a suggestion as to what it should _actually_ say. Example: "Compile a regular expression pattern into a regular expression object, which can be used for

[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

Sworddragon added the comment: The proposal is in the startpost. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

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Stéphane Wirtel added the comment: What do you propose for the doc of re.compile ? -- nosy: +matrixise ___ Python tracker ___

[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

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[issue26656] Documentation for re.compile is a bit outdated

New submission from Sworddragon: The documentation for re.compile says "Compile a regular expression pattern into a regular expression object, which can be used for matching using its match() and search() methods, described below." which implies that match() and search() are the only methods