Kaydet (Commit) 28f9a68d authored tarafından Guido van Rossum's avatar Guido van Rossum

Added note about the module's obsolescence.

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\bimodindex{regex} \bimodindex{regex}
This module provides regular expression matching operations similar to This module provides regular expression matching operations similar to
those found in Emacs. It is always available. those found in Emacs.
\strong{Obsolescence note:}
This module is obsolete as of Python version 1.5; it is still being
maintained because much existing code still uses it. All new code in
need of regular expressions should use the new \code{re} module, which
supports the more powerful and regular Perl-style regular expressions.
Existing code should be converted. The standard library module
\code{reconvert} helps in converting \code{regex} style regular
expressions to \code{re} style regular expressions. (The interfaces
are different too, so the conversion cannot be fully automated.)
By default the patterns are Emacs-style regular expressions By default the patterns are Emacs-style regular expressions
(with one exception). There is (with one exception). There is
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\bimodindex{regex} \bimodindex{regex}
This module provides regular expression matching operations similar to This module provides regular expression matching operations similar to
those found in Emacs. It is always available. those found in Emacs.
\strong{Obsolescence note:}
This module is obsolete as of Python version 1.5; it is still being
maintained because much existing code still uses it. All new code in
need of regular expressions should use the new \code{re} module, which
supports the more powerful and regular Perl-style regular expressions.
Existing code should be converted. The standard library module
\code{reconvert} helps in converting \code{regex} style regular
expressions to \code{re} style regular expressions. (The interfaces
are different too, so the conversion cannot be fully automated.)
By default the patterns are Emacs-style regular expressions By default the patterns are Emacs-style regular expressions
(with one exception). There is (with one exception). There is
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