From b7a6610bc88dfecdd943e8d2817f7cd6b85fb740 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stanley <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2022 18:52:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] gh-73137: Added sub-subsection headers for flags in re
 (#93000)

Fixes #73137
---
 Doc/library/re.rst | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index 19b18b9f4df..d099f383d12 100644
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -667,40 +667,14 @@ functions are simplified versions of the full featured methods for compiled
 regular expressions.  Most non-trivial applications always use the compiled
 form.
 
+
+Flags
+^^^^^
+
 .. versionchanged:: 3.6
    Flag constants are now instances of :class:`RegexFlag`, which is a subclass of
    :class:`enum.IntFlag`.
 
-.. function:: compile(pattern, flags=0)
-
-   Compile a regular expression pattern into a :ref:`regular expression object
-   <re-objects>`, which can be used for matching using its
-   :func:`~Pattern.match`, :func:`~Pattern.search` and other methods, described
-   below.
-
-   The expression's behaviour can be modified by specifying a *flags* value.
-   Values can be any of the following variables, combined using bitwise OR (the
-   ``|`` operator).
-
-   The sequence ::
-
-      prog = re.compile(pattern)
-      result = prog.match(string)
-
-   is equivalent to ::
-
-      result = re.match(pattern, string)
-
-   but using :func:`re.compile` and saving the resulting regular expression
-   object for reuse is more efficient when the expression will be used several
-   times in a single program.
-
-   .. note::
-
-      The compiled versions of the most recent patterns passed to
-      :func:`re.compile` and the module-level matching functions are cached, so
-      programs that use only a few regular expressions at a time needn't worry
-      about compiling regular expressions.
 
 .. class:: RegexFlag
 
@@ -825,6 +799,41 @@ form.
    Corresponds to the inline flag ``(?x)``.
 
 
+Functions
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. function:: compile(pattern, flags=0)
+
+   Compile a regular expression pattern into a :ref:`regular expression object
+   <re-objects>`, which can be used for matching using its
+   :func:`~Pattern.match`, :func:`~Pattern.search` and other methods, described
+   below.
+
+   The expression's behaviour can be modified by specifying a *flags* value.
+   Values can be any of the following variables, combined using bitwise OR (the
+   ``|`` operator).
+
+   The sequence ::
+
+      prog = re.compile(pattern)
+      result = prog.match(string)
+
+   is equivalent to ::
+
+      result = re.match(pattern, string)
+
+   but using :func:`re.compile` and saving the resulting regular expression
+   object for reuse is more efficient when the expression will be used several
+   times in a single program.
+
+   .. note::
+
+      The compiled versions of the most recent patterns passed to
+      :func:`re.compile` and the module-level matching functions are cached, so
+      programs that use only a few regular expressions at a time needn't worry
+      about compiling regular expressions.
+
+
 .. function:: search(pattern, string, flags=0)
 
    Scan through *string* looking for the first location where the regular expression
@@ -1061,6 +1070,9 @@ form.
    Clear the regular expression cache.
 
 
+Exceptions
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
 .. exception:: error(msg, pattern=None, pos=None)
 
    Exception raised when a string passed to one of the functions here is not a