changeset:   103637:3265247e08f0
user:        Eric V. Smith <eric@trueblade.com>
date:        Sun Sep 11 09:50:47 2016 -0400
files:       Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst Modules/_sre.c
description:
Issue 24454: Added whatsnew entry, removed __getitem__ from match_methods. Thanks Serhiy Storchaka.


diff -r c45088b19342 -r 3265247e08f0 Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst	Sun Sep 11 16:47:59 2016 +0300
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst	Sun Sep 11 09:50:47 2016 -0400
@@ -724,6 +724,10 @@
 ``'(?i)g(?-i:v)r'`` matches ``'GvR'`` and ``'gvr'``, but not ``'GVR'``.
 (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`433028`.)
 
+Match object groups can be accessed by ``__getitem__``, which is
+equivalent to ``group()``.  So ``mo['name']`` is now equivalent to
+``mo.group('name')``.  (Contributed by Eric Smith in :issue:`24454`.)
+
 
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diff -r c45088b19342 -r 3265247e08f0 Modules/_sre.c
--- a/Modules/_sre.c	Sun Sep 11 16:47:59 2016 +0300
+++ b/Modules/_sre.c	Sun Sep 11 09:50:47 2016 -0400
@@ -2733,7 +2733,6 @@
     _SRE_SRE_MATCH_EXPAND_METHODDEF
     _SRE_SRE_MATCH___COPY___METHODDEF
     _SRE_SRE_MATCH___DEEPCOPY___METHODDEF
-    {"__getitem__", (PyCFunction)match_getitem, METH_O|METH_COEXIST, match_getitem_doc},
     {NULL, NULL}
 };