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Tue Mar 7 19:25:54 CET 2006 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-March/062143.html

Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> or something like
> 
> m = re.match(...)
> if m.group(1) as filename:
>     do something with filename

Except that m could be None, which would raise an exception during the
.group(1) call.  Perhaps you meant...

m = re.match(...)
if m and m.group(1) as filename:
    do something with filename

I'm -1 on the 'as'-itis.
 - Josiah

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