On 01.06.2012 11:07, somersetgraham wrote:
> def build_dictionary ():
>     pretty_printers_dict[re.compile ('^QFile$')] = lambda
> val:QFilePrinter(val)
>     pretty_printers_dict[re.compile ('^QFile *$')] = lambda
> val:QFilePrinter(val)
you may try something like the following to match both cases:

pretty_printers_dict[re.compile('^QFile ( \*)?$')] = lambda
val:QFilePrinter(val)


The asterisk is a special character in regular expressions and has to be escaped to match an asterisk. Your regexp matches QFile with any count of spaces as postfix.

- Joachim