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Just checking whether 1) a PEP is the proper place for this and 2) what
y'all think about it.

I would like to propose a change to the the 're' standard library to
support iterables.

So, something like the following would work:

import re
text = """hello user
hello user
hello user"""

users = ["Bob", "Alice", "Jeffery"]

newtext = re.sub("user", users, text)

# newtext = "hello Bob\nhello Alice\nhello Jeffery"

There are a few corner cases I'm not sure what would be the best behavior.
Nor am I entirely certain this should be modified functionality or just...
a new function. What do y'all think?


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<div dir=3D"ltr">Just checking whether 1) a PEP is the proper place for thi=
s and 2) what y&#39;all think about it.<div><br></div><div>I would like to =
propose a change to the the &#39;re&#39; standard library to support iterab=
les.</div>

<div><br></div><div>So, something like the following would work:</div><div>=
<br></div><div>import re</div><div>text =3D &quot;&quot;&quot;hello user</d=
iv><div>hello user</div><div>hello user&quot;&quot;&quot;</div><div><br>
</div>
<div>users =3D [&quot;Bob&quot;, &quot;Alice&quot;, &quot;Jeffery&quot;]</d=
iv><div><br></div><div>newtext =3D re.sub(&quot;user&quot;, users, text)</d=
iv><div><br></div><div># newtext =3D &quot;hello Bob\nhello Alice\nhello Je=
ffery&quot;</div>

<div><br></div><div>There are a few corner cases I&#39;m not sure what woul=
d be the best behavior. Nor am I entirely certain this should be modified f=
unctionality or just... a new function. What do y&#39;all think?</div>
<div>
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