[Python-ideas] Improving Clarity of re Module

[MRAB]

On 28/11/2013 01:24, Ryan Gonzalez wrote:
> Whoops...
>
> matched_text

The tendency is to refer to it as a "string" rather than "text".

> matched
> all_groups
>
The complaint was that .group isn't clear enough, so "all_groups" is
right out! :-) And there's already .groups...

> Bad habit from C++...
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au
> <mailto:ben+python at benfinney.id.au>> wrote:
>
>     Ryan Gonzalez <rymg19 at gmail.com <mailto:rymg19 at gmail.com>> writes:
>
>      > Sounds nice!
>      >
>      > Here are my names:
>      >
>      > matchedText
>      > matched
>      > allGroups
>
>     If those suggestions are for a library you hope to be widely used in
>     Python, or even part of the standard library, please make them PEP 8
>     conformant (avoid camelCaseNames).
>
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