sre_compile Namespace Reference

Functions
def	compile

Variables
int	MAXCODE = 65535
	emit = code.append
	if prefix: print "*** PREFIX", prefix, prefix_skip if charset: print "*** CHARSET", charset add an info block More...
tuple	skip = len(code)
int	mask = 0
list	prefix = prefix[:MAXCODE]
list	table = [-1]
list	STRING_TYPES = [type("")]

Function Documentation

def sre_compile.compile	(		p,
			flags = 0
	)

Definition at line 424 of file sre_compile.py.

References sre_parse.parse().

def compile(p, flags=0):
    # internal: convert pattern list to internal format

    if type(p) in STRING_TYPES:
        import sre_parse
        pattern = p
        p = sre_parse.parse(p, flags)
    else:
        pattern = None

    code = _code(p, flags)

    # print code

    # XXX: <fl> get rid of this limitation!
    assert p.pattern.groups <= 100,\
           "sorry, but this version only supports 100 named groups"

    # map in either direction
    groupindex = p.pattern.groupdict
    indexgroup = [None] * p.pattern.groups
    for k, i in groupindex.items():
        indexgroup[i] = k

    return _sre.compile(
        pattern, flags, code,
        p.pattern.groups-1,
        groupindex, indexgroup
        )

Variable Documentation

emit = code.append

if prefix:
    print "*** PREFIX", prefix, prefix_skip
if charset:
    print "*** CHARSET", charset

add an info block

Definition at line 364 of file sre_compile.py.

mask = 0

Definition at line 368 of file sre_compile.py.

int MAXCODE = 65535

Definition at line 19 of file sre_compile.py.

list prefix = prefix[:MAXCODE]

Definition at line 381 of file sre_compile.py.

tuple skip = len(code)

Definition at line 366 of file sre_compile.py.

list STRING_TYPES = [type("")]

Definition at line 402 of file sre_compile.py.

list table = [-1]

Definition at line 392 of file sre_compile.py.