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Author dananntang
Recipients dananntang, docs@python
Date 2016-05-25.02:24:50
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Content 
https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html#regular-expression-syntax
Section 7.2.1. Regular Expression Syntax

Documentation for \w and \W are wrong.
To be specific:
\w is to match any non-alphanumeric character, while \W is to match alphanumeric character

Fix: swap documentation for \w and \W
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Date User Action Args
2016-05-25 02:24:52dananntangsetrecipients: + dananntang, docs@python
2016-05-25 02:24:52dananntangsetmessageid: <1464143092.14.0.677352167387.issue27116@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2016-05-25 02:24:51dananntanglinkissue27116 messages
2016-05-25 02:24:50dananntangcreate