Regex for Python 2.7

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:23:51 -0200, MRAB <google at mrabarnett.plus.com>  
escribió:

> Some time ago I discovered this difference between regular expressions
> in Python and Perl:
>
> Python
>
> 	\A matches at start of string
> 	\Z matches at end of string
>
> Perl
>
> 	\A matches at start of string
> 	\Z matches before terminal newline or at end of string
> 	\z matches at end of string
>
> In Perl \A == ^ and \Z == $ in single-string mode, but in Python \A == ^
> and \Z != $ in single-string mode.

Why do you want the two to be equivalent? Isn't a good thing that you have  
both alternatives (\Z and $)? Use whichever is adequate in each case.

-- 
Gabriel Genellina