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| Sometimes you'll be tempted to keep using :func:`re.match`, and just add ``.*`` | ||
| Sometimes you'll be tempted to keep using :func:`re.prefixmatch`, and just add ``.*`` |
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is this temptation true any longer?
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Hopefully the new name makes things clearer. I've removed this bit.
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| | | location where this RE matches. | | ||
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| | ``prefixmatch()``| Determine if the RE matches at the beginning | | ||
| | | of the string. | |
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I'd at least leave a little mention of "Previously named match()" with a link to the canonical doc section explaining the renaming and soft deprecation in here.
Co-authored-by: Shantanu <12621235+hauntsaninja@users.noreply.github.com>
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regex HOWTO:
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matchtoprefixmatch.And many of these examples don't specifically need to match a prefix, so let's prefer
searchfor general cases, and introduce it first.Other files:
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prefixmatchwhere prefixing is important and relevant, otherwise change tosearch.📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--148096.org.readthedocs.build/