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GeezerVison is showing github.com — gh-148100: Soft deprecate `re.match` and `re.Pattern.match` in favour of `prefixmatch` by hugovk · Pull Request #148101 · python/cpython

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Also includes some tidy-up of re.rst. The last commit is the main one.

  • Issue: Soft deprecate re.match and re.Pattern.match in favour of prefixmatch #148100

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hugovk added 4 commits April 4, 2026 20:22
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Use sentence case for headers
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Fix formatting
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Fix example and typo
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Soft deprecate re.match and re.Pattern.match in favour of prefixmatch
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hugovk requested a review from AA-Turner as a code owner April 4, 2026 17:23
@bedevere-app bedevere-app Bot added awaiting core review docs Documentation in the Doc dir labels Apr 4, 2026
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Soft deprecate re.match and re.Pattern.match in favour of prefixmatch #148100
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pythongh-148100: Soft deprecate re.match and re.Pattern.match in …
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…favour of `prefixmatch` (python#148101)
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