Closes #14283: match() and search() are regex methods, not match methods.

69c7a69c · Georg Brandl · 7441a7ae · 69c7a69c
Commit 69c7a69c authored Mar 14, 2012 by Georg Brandl
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@@ -944,16 +944,15 @@ support the following methods and attributes:
 .. attribute:: match.pos

   The value of *pos* which was passed to the :meth:`~regex.search` or
-   :meth:`~regex.match` method of a :ref:`match object <match-objects>`.  This
-   is the index into the string at which the RE engine started looking for a
-   match.
+   :meth:`~regex.match` method of a :ref:`regex object <re-objects>`.  This is
+   the index into the string at which the RE engine started looking for a match.


 .. attribute:: match.endpos

   The value of *endpos* which was passed to the :meth:`~regex.search` or
-   :meth:`~regex.match` method of a :ref:`match object <match-objects>`.  This
-   is the index into the string beyond which the RE engine will not go.
+   :meth:`~regex.match` method of a :ref:`regex object <re-objects>`.  This is
+   the index into the string beyond which the RE engine will not go.


 .. attribute:: match.lastindex