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   <li>{{python-prefix In modules, prefix private functions and variables with a single underscore.}}</li>
   <li>{{python-concatenation Use the <code><fix>+</fix></code> operator when concatenating exactly two strings, use the <a href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#str.format"><code><fix>format()</fix></code> method</a> for more complex string formatting, use the <a href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#str.join"><code><fix>join()</fix></code> method</a> when concatenating pre-existing sequences.}}</li>
   <li>{{python-tuple-vs-list Use tuples for data that have structure, use lists for data that have order.}}</li>
+  <li>{{python-regexp Use <a href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html#re.search"><code><fix>re.search()</fix></code></a> instead <a href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html#re.match"><code><fix>re.match()</fix></code></a> to avoid confusion about implied begin of string.}}</li>

[Vasily Kuznetsov, 2016/04/20 12:11:18]

I think "beginning of the string" would be better than "begin of string".

Also, perhaps we should add "but not the ending" (so the final result would be
"to avoid confusion about implied beginning of the string but not the ending")
-- at least for me the confusion is actually about the inconsistency and not
doing what "match" implies (string as a whole matches the regexp).

Not sure if we should also reference this part of the python doc:
https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html#search-vs-match -- you do already give
two links so perhaps that's enough.

[Sebastian Noack, 2016/05/11 16:20:02]

Yeah, I agree. I was just tried to keep in short, but fair enough.
I added that link and removed the link to re.match. No point linking to docs of
an API we advise against anyway.

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