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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:49:34 -0400
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On 03/29/2013 04:27 AM, Peter Otten wrote:
> (2)
 > import re
 >
 > class Matcher:
 >     def __call__(self, expr, line):
 >         result = self.match = expr.match(line)
 >         return result
 >     def __getattr__(self, name):
 >         return getattr(self.match, name)


Perhaps it's a little simpler to do this?

>         self.match =  expr.match(line)
 >         return self.match


  -m


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