[issue42353] Proposal: re.prefixmatch method (alias for re.match)

[Serhiy Storchaka]

Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpython at gmail.com> added the comment:

I seen a code which uses re.search() with anchor ^ instead of re.match(), but I never seen a code which uses re.match() instead of re.search(). It just won't work unless you add explicit ".*" or ".*?" at the start of the pattern, and it is a clear indication that re.match() matches the start of the string.

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