DevSimon Willisonabout 1 hour ago
Soft-deprecating re.match()
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Python 3.15 soft-deprecates the re.match() function, marking it as should no longer be used for new code. The release introduces re.prefixmatch() as a clearer alternative, reflecting its behavior of anchoring at the start of a string but not the end.
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