Terry Reedy wrote: >> [a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$) - so I suppose it wants this name to end with an >> underscore ? > > No, it allows underscores. As I read that re, 'rx', etc, do match. They No, it's one leading letter or underscore [a-z_] plus at least two letters, underscores or digits [a-z0-9_]{2,30}