word wrap in regex

[John Machin]

Sabine Richter <sabine at textraeume.de> wrote in message news:<mailman.1023127745.29025.python-list at python.org>...
> Hello,
> 
> I have a regex which is a bit long (200 characters) and I want to add
> word wraps and comments to make it more clear. I'm sure I read about
> that in the references before but I don't find the passage with the word
> wrap no more. May anybody give me a hint?
> 
> Sabine

It is in the "module contents" section. You need to specify a flag as
an optional argument. You can have not only "word wraps" and comments
but also whitespace between conceptual "words".

"""
X

VERBOSE
This flag allows you to write regular expressions that look nicer.
Whitespace within the pattern is ignored, except when in a character
class or preceded by an unescaped backslash, and, when a line contains
a "#" neither in a character class or preceded by an unescaped
backslash, all characters from the leftmost such "#" through the end
of the line are ignored.
"""

If you are having trouble parsing the second sentence, try
substituting "nor" instead of the second "or".