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Title: Replace "qualifiers" with "quantifiers" in the re module documentation
Type: enhancement Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation, Regular Expressions Versions: Python 3.11
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: docs@python, ezio.melotti, mrabarnett, serhiy.storchaka, tim.peters
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2022-03-21 16:39 by serhiy.storchaka, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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PR 32028 merged serhiy.storchaka, 2022-03-21 16:52
Messages (3)
msg415686 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2022-03-21 16:39
In the Web you can find that two terms are used for repetition operators (+, *, ?, and variants): "quantifiers" and "qualifiers". "Quantifiers" is much more common, it is used in Wikipedia and main on-line documentation resources. But "qualifiers" is consistently used in the re module code documentation.

It looks to me that "qualifiers" is just a reproduced typo. I propose to replace it with "quantifiers".
msg415691 - (view) Author: Matthew Barnett (mrabarnett) * (Python triager) Date: 2022-03-21 17:28
I don't think it's a typo, and you could argue the case for "qualifiers", but I still agree with the proposal as it's a more meaningful term in the context.
msg415755 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2022-03-22 09:45
New changeset c6cd3cc93c40363ce704d34a70e6fb73ea1d97a3 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch 'main':
bpo-47081: Replace "qualifiers" with "quantifiers" in the re module documentation (GH-32028)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c6cd3cc93c40363ce704d34a70e6fb73ea1d97a3
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:57adminsetgithub: 91237
2022-03-22 09:54:55serhiy.storchakasetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2022-03-22 09:45:04serhiy.storchakasetmessages: + msg415755
2022-03-21 17:28:46mrabarnettsetmessages: + msg415691
2022-03-21 16:52:52serhiy.storchakasetkeywords: + patch
stage: patch review
pull_requests: + pull_request30117
2022-03-21 16:39:01serhiy.storchakacreate