[New-bugs-announce] [issue31714] Improve re documentation

[Serhiy Storchaka]

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpython at gmail.com>:

The proposed PR improves the documentation of re module and Regular Expression HOWTO.

* Clarify the effect of the LOCALE flag.

* Remove outdated statements.

* Add an example of escaping a replacement string.

* Add or correct some references.

* Improve and fix a formatting.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation, Regular Expressions
messages: 303822
nosy: akuchling, barry, docs at python, ezio.melotti, mrabarnett, serhiy.storchaka
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: patch review
status: open
title: Improve re documentation
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.7

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