On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 03:00:10AM -0500, William Lovas wrote:
> I concur with your assessment, but i think you're characterization of the
> semantics of string_partial_match is inaccurate:
> 
>     # Str.string_match (Str.regexp "ab") "a" 0;;
>     - : bool = false
>     # Str.string_partial_match (Str.regexp "ab") "a" 0;;
>     - : bool = true
>     # Str.string_match (Str.regexp ".*ab") "a" 0;;
>     - : bool = false
> 
> ... unless of course, i've misunderstood you.  I don't think there's a
> simple transformation on regular expressions that allow you to emulate
> string_partial_match's behavior using only string_match.  (Does anyone
> care to prove me wrong? :)

No misunderstanding except for mine.  You are correct.
(I had assumed, without reading the docs, that the match/partial_match
distinction would be like Python's match/search.)

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