[Python-ideas] Improving Clarity of re Module

[Alex Seewald]

For a match object, m, m.group(0) is the semantics for accessing the entire
span of the match. For newcomers to regular expressions who are not
familiar with the concept of a 'group', the name group(0) is
counter-intuitive. A more natural-language-esque alias to group(0), perhaps
'matchSpan', could reduce the time novices spend from idea to working code.
Of course, this convenience would introduce a bit of complexity to the
codebase, so it may or may not be worth it to add an alias to group(0).
What do people think?

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Alex Seewald
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