search versus match in re module

[John Machin]

John Machin wrote:
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> 2. Then realise that your test is equivalent to
>
> if not line.startswith('^From '):

Whoops!

That '^From ' (and all later ones) should have been 'From '

(the perils of over-hasty copy/paste)

The timings are, if anything, a tiny bit faster than before.

Cheers,
John