unicode strings and such

[Marc Christiansen]

Garth Grimm <garth_grimm at hp.com> wrote:

One thing apparently nobody noticed until now, this line
>      patternRegex = re.compile(pattern,re.UNICODE or re.IGNORECASE)

should probably read
     patternRegex = re.compile(pattern,re.UNICODE | re.IGNORECASE)
(or use '+' instead of '|', in this case it doesn't matter).
'or' is the logical or, not the binary (or however it is called).
To see the difference, do a

print re.UNICODE, re.IGNORECASE
print re.UNICODE or re.IGNORECASE, re.UNICODE | re.IGNORECASE

from the python prompt.

HTH
  Marc