[Python-Dev] other "magic strings" issues

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri Nov 7 17:42:33 EST 2003


> But there are probably more useful combinations like
> 
>     string.letters + string.digits + "_"
> 
> than there should be isxxx() tests.

We don't need to invent anything for that.  You can use a regular
expression with \w.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)



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