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Author xiang.zhang
Recipients dananntang, docs@python, xiang.zhang
Date 2016-05-25.02:36:26
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Message-id <1464143787.0.0.765884564204.issue27116@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I don't think no need to swap. The current doc is right.

>>> re.findall(r'\W+', 'abcd123_#@@@@')
['#@@@@']
>>> re.findall(r'\w+', 'abcd123_#@@@@')
['abcd123_']

It's apparent that \w match alphanumeric and \W vice versa.
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2016-05-25 02:36:27xiang.zhangsetrecipients: + xiang.zhang, docs@python, dananntang
2016-05-25 02:36:27xiang.zhangsetmessageid: <1464143787.0.0.765884564204.issue27116@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2016-05-25 02:36:26xiang.zhanglinkissue27116 messages
2016-05-25 02:36:26xiang.zhangcreate