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Replacement of re with the regex package #72647
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| BPO | 28461 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @ezio-melotti, @serhiy-storchaka |
| Superseder |
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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2016-10-17.13:32:52.979>
created_at = <Date 2016-10-17.13:20:48.180>
labels = ['expert-regex', 'type-feature']
title = 'Replacement of re with the regex package'
updated_at = <Date 2016-10-17.13:32:52.972>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/pnugues'bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2016-10-17.13:32:52.972>
actor = 'serhiy.storchaka'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2016-10-17.13:32:52.979>
closer = 'serhiy.storchaka'
components = ['Regular Expressions']
creation = <Date 2016-10-17.13:20:48.180>
creator = 'pnugues'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 28461
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['278806', '278808']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['ezio.melotti', 'mrabarnett', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'pnugues']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = '2636'
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue28461'
versions = ['Python 3.6']
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pnugues commentedon Oct 17, 2016
I am using Unicode regexes in the form of properties: \p{} and these are not standard in the re module. I have to use the new regex module, which has to be installed separately.
I would like to see the replacement of re with regex in the future Python versions. I was not sure where to post my request and I used this bug tracker with the enhancement category. I hope this is not a mistake.
serhiy-storchaka commentedon Oct 17, 2016
See bpo-12734 for adding the support of properties in re.
See bpo-2636 for replacing re with regex.
See bpo-22594 for encouraging the use of regex.