Question about raw string and regex

[John Machin]

On 24/03/2006 12:36 PM, jlowery at blarg.net wrote:
> I doubt it, although it might work anyway.

You could dispel all doubt in about 15 seconds flat were you to actually 
try it out.

 >>> import regex
__main__:1: DeprecationWarning: the regex module is deprecated; please 
use the re module
 >>> regex.match(r"[ \t]", "\t")
-1
 >>> regex.match("[ \t]", "\t")
1
 >>> import re
 >>> re.match("[ \t]", "\t")
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x00AE9058>
 >>> re.match(r"[ \t]", "\t")
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x00AE9918>
 >>>

> 
> Here's another from the same program:
> 
>     (a0, b0), (a1, b1), (a2, b2) = classprog.regs[:3]
> 
> Nothing in the Python lib reference on the regs attribute for regex
> objects.
> 

Dunno where you're looking, but my Python 1.5.2 has the regex docs, 
which include a big fat note to the effect of the above 
DeprecationWarning, plus documentation on the regs attribute.