[OT] [sort of] Malcom Reynolds?

[Andreas Waldenburger]

Just found this in the re module's docs:

m = re.match(r"(?P<first_name>\w+) (?P<last_name>\w+)", "Malcom
Reynolds")

Does this represent an attempt to phase out the gratuitous Monty Python
references in favor of gratuitous Firefly references? Because if so,
I'm all for it.

Anyways, stuff like that really makes reading documentation fun.

/W

 

[Aahz]

Just found this in the re module's docs:

m = re.match(r"(?P<first_name>\w+) (?P<last_name>\w+)", "Malcom
Reynolds")

Does this represent an attempt to phase out the gratuitous Monty Python
references in favor of gratuitous Firefly references? Because if so,
I'm all for it.

Ask Georg Brandl:

http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Doc/library/re.rst?rev=67553&view=log