re.findall documentation wrong?

[Skip Montanaro]

    Antti> However, re.findall() or re.compile(<regexp>).findall() refuse to
    Antti> return lists of anything but strings.

Works for me:

    >>> re.findall("[^ =]+=[^ ]*", "key=val abc=def red=blue black=")
    ['key=val', 'abc=def', 'red=blue', 'black=']
    >>> re.findall("(?P<key>[^ =]+)=(?P<val>[^ ]*) *", "key=val abc=def red=blue black=")
    [('key', 'val'), ('abc', 'def'), ('red', 'blue'), ('black', '')]

To get a list of tuples of strings you need to define groups in your regular
expression.  Otherwise you get a list of strings.

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