Why no match?

[Robin Becker]

In article <mailman.1008629541.21816.python-list at python.org>, Skip
Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> writes
>
>    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?)
>

perhaps perhaps
-- 
Robin Becker