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Author	vrutsky
Recipients	docs@python, vrutsky
Date	2012-10-23.11:59:09
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Message-id	<1350993549.54.0.0789320233606.issue16304@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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re module documentation says: Match Objects always have a boolean value of :const:`True`, so that you can test whether e.g. :func:`match` resulted in a match with a simple if statement. which is confusing - matched objects have boolean value True, doesn't matched - False.

re module documentation says:

 Match Objects always have a boolean value of :const:`True`, so that you can test
   whether e.g. :func:`match` resulted in a match with a simple if statement.

which is confusing - matched objects have boolean value True, doesn't matched - False.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-10-23 11:59:09	vrutsky	set	recipients: + vrutsky, docs@python
2012-10-23 11:59:09	vrutsky	set	messageid: <1350993549.54.0.0789320233606.issue16304@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2012-10-23 11:59:09	vrutsky	link	issue16304 messages
2012-10-23 11:59:09	vrutsky	create