Andrew wrote:

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RegexObjects: code -- a PCRE code object pattern -- the source pattern groupindex -- maps group names to group indices

pattern and groupindex are documented in the Library Reference, and they're part of the public interface.

hmm. I could have sworn... guess I didn't look carefully enough (or someone's used his time machine again :-). oh well, more bloat... btw, "pattern" doesn't make much sense in SRE -- who says the pattern object was created by re.compile? guess I'll just set it to None in other cases (e.g. sregex, sreverb, sgema...) </F>

Fredrik Lundh writes:

RegexObjects: code -- a PCRE code object pattern -- the source pattern groupindex -- maps group names to group indices

pattern and groupindex are documented in the Library Reference, and they're part of the public interface. .code is not, so you can drop it.

MatchObjects: regs -- same as match.span()? groupindex -- as above re -- the pattern object used for this match string -- the target string used for this match

.re and .string are documented. I don't see a reference to MatchObject.groupindex anywhere, and .regs isn't documented, so those two can be ignored; xmllib or whatever external modules use them are being very naughty, so go ahead and break them. -- A.M. Kuchling http://starship.python.net/crew/amk/ Imagine a thousand thousand fireflies of every shape and color; Oh, that was Baghdad at night in those days. -- From SANDMAN #50: "Ramadan"

Fredrik Lundh writes:

btw, "pattern" doesn't make much sense in SRE -- who says the pattern object was created by re.compile? guess I'll just set it to None in other cases (e.g. sregex, sreverb, sgema...)

Good point; I can imagine fabulously complex patterns assembled programmatically, for which no summary could be made. I guess there could be another attribute that also gives the class (module? function?) used to compile the pattern, but more likely, the pattern attribute should be deprecated and eventually dropped. -- A.M. Kuchling http://starship.python.net/crew/amk/ You know how she is when she gets an idea into her head. I mean, when one finally penetrates. -- Desire describes Delirium, in SANDMAN #41: "Brief Lives:1"