Commit a0a42d22 authored by Berker Peksag's avatar Berker Peksag Committed by GitHub

Fix a reference to the MRE book in re docs (GH-1113)

Reported by Maksym Nikulyak on docs.p.o.
parent 397466df
......@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ string *pq* will match AB. This holds unless *A* or *B* contain low precedence
operations; boundary conditions between *A* and *B*; or have numbered group
references. Thus, complex expressions can easily be constructed from simpler
primitive expressions like the ones described here. For details of the theory
and implementation of regular expressions, consult the Friedl book referenced
above, or almost any textbook about compiler construction.
and implementation of regular expressions, consult the Friedl book [Frie09]_,
or almost any textbook about compiler construction.
A brief explanation of the format of regular expressions follows. For further
information and a gentler presentation, consult the :ref:`regex-howto`.
......@@ -492,14 +492,6 @@ three digits in length.
The ``'\N{name}'`` escape sequence has been added. As in string literals,
it expands to the named Unicode character (e.g. ``'\N{EM DASH}'``).
.. seealso::
Mastering Regular Expressions
Book on regular expressions by Jeffrey Friedl, published by O'Reilly. The
second edition of the book no longer covers Python at all, but the first
edition covered writing good regular expression patterns in great detail.
.. _contents-of-module-re:
......@@ -1585,3 +1577,9 @@ The tokenizer produces the following output::
Token(typ='END', value=';', line=4, column=27)
Token(typ='ENDIF', value='ENDIF', line=5, column=4)
Token(typ='END', value=';', line=5, column=9)
.. [Frie09] Friedl, Jeffrey. Mastering Regular Expressions. 3rd ed., O'Reilly
Media, 2009. The third edition of the book no longer covers Python at all,
but the first edition covered writing good regular expression patterns in
great detail.
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