Robin> my own stupidity the patter should be
Robin> re.compile(r'^self\s*\.\s*test\s*=\s*\d+\s*$').match('self.test=11')
Also, if you're using the match method there's no need to include "^" at the
start. (Are there siutations where it makes a difference?)
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