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Title: Documentation for re.findall and re.finditer lacks "ordering" information
Type: enhancement Stage:
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.5
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: georg.brandl Nosy List: georg.brandl, jkugler
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2008-07-16 18:31 by jkugler, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (3)
msg69815 - (view) Author: Joshua Kugler (jkugler) Date: 2008-07-16 18:31 
According to a discussion on comp.lang.python, re.findall and 
re.finditer scan strings from left to right, and returns them in the 
order it found them.  It would be nice to note that in documentation.
msg70029 - (view) Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) * (Python committer) Date: 2008-07-19 13:48 
Added info in r65139.
msg70044 - (view) Author: Joshua Kugler (jkugler) Date: 2008-07-19 18:32 
That looks good.  Thanks!
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:36adminsetgithub: 47634
2008-07-19 18:32:37jkuglersetmessages: + msg70044
2008-07-19 13:48:52georg.brandlsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
messages: + msg70029
2008-07-16 18:31:54jkuglercreate