[Python-Dev] [NPERS] Re: a feature i'd like to see in python #2: indexing of match objects
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Tue Dec 5 01:15:58 CET 2006
Nick Coghlan wrote:
> *The inconsistency being that group() considers the whole match to be group 0,
> while groups() does not.
The real inconsistency seems to be that the groups
are being treated as an array when they're really
a tree. Maybe a different API altogether would
be better, e.g.
m.range --> the whole match
m.subgroups[i] --> another match object with its
own range and subgroups attributes
--
Greg
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