Re: nano-8.7.1 highlights the word "match" in a re.match() call in Python

Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:53:05 +0100

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Op 11-02-2026 om 15:17 schreef Stanislaw Majewski:
> After my last message I noticed a quick response in updating nano to a version 
> 8.7.1 with fixed syntax highlight, however there's still a small issue with it 
> when using pythons regular expression library with particular function - 
> re.match().
Okay.  Fixed in master by requiring a blank after the word "match".

However, this will still colorize the word "match" when it is used
as a variable, which is something that occurs regularly:

     match = re.match(r'expression', somevariable)

(For what it's worth: my installed version of vim highlights both
occurrences of "match" in the above line.  My installed version of
emacs does not seem to know the keywords `match` and `case` yet.)


Benno

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