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List:       python-list
Subject:    Re: builtin regular expressions?
From:       Roy Smith <roy () panix ! com>
Date:       2006-09-30 23:36:50
Message-ID: roy-87DD98.19365030092006 () reader1 ! panix ! com
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In article <pan.2006.09.30.20.56.40.77304@gmx.net>,
 Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_666@gmx.net> wrote:

> In <efmgtt$q1m$1@mlucom4.urz.uni-halle.de>, Mirco Wahab wrote:
> 
> > I fail to see the benefit of a re-object, I consider these to
> > be just there because regexes aren't in the core language.
> 
> One benefit is that it's an object.  You can stuff it into a dictionary or
> give it as argument to a function.

More to the point:

You can stick it in a bottle, you can hold it in your hand, AMEN!
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