Commit e757b559 authored by Guido van Rossum's avatar Guido van Rossum

Add obsolescence note.

parent a7eddda9
......@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ regular expressions (see built-in module \code{regex}).
Warning: these functions are not thread-safe.
\strong{Obsolescence note:}
This module is obsolete as of Python version 1.5; it is still being
maintained because much existing code still uses it. All new code in
need of regular expressions should use the new \code{re} module, which
supports the more powerful and regular Perl-style regular expressions.
Existing code should be converted. The standard library module
\code{reconvert} helps in converting \code{regex} style regular
expressions to \code{re} style regular expressions. (For more
conversion help, see the URL
\file{http://starship.skyport.net/crew/amk/regex/regex-to-re.html}.)
\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module regsub)}
\begin{funcdesc}{sub}{pat\, repl\, str}
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......@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ regular expressions (see built-in module \code{regex}).
Warning: these functions are not thread-safe.
\strong{Obsolescence note:}
This module is obsolete as of Python version 1.5; it is still being
maintained because much existing code still uses it. All new code in
need of regular expressions should use the new \code{re} module, which
supports the more powerful and regular Perl-style regular expressions.
Existing code should be converted. The standard library module
\code{reconvert} helps in converting \code{regex} style regular
expressions to \code{re} style regular expressions. (For more
conversion help, see the URL
\file{http://starship.skyport.net/crew/amk/regex/regex-to-re.html}.)
\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module regsub)}
\begin{funcdesc}{sub}{pat\, repl\, str}
......
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