Closes #14250: regex.flags has not only explicit flags but also those from the pattern

2012-03-17 17:31:32 +01:00 · 2012-03-17 17:31:32 +01:00 · 94a105705f
parent 5a607b06d6
commit 94a105705f
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@ -766,8 +766,8 @@ Regular Expression Objects

   .. attribute:: RegexObject.flags

-      The flags argument used when the RE object was compiled, or ``0`` if no flags
-      were provided.
+      The regex matching flags.  This is a combination of the flags given to
+      :func:`.compile` and any ``(?...)`` inline flags in the pattern.


   .. attribute:: RegexObject.groups