Add DEBUG flag to documentation of re.compile

[gruszczy]

BPO	13690
Nosy	@merwok, @sandrotosi
Files	13690.patch

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title = 'Add DEBUG flag to documentation of re.compile'
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[gruszczy]

This is a useful flag and it would be good, if it was in documentation.

[python-dev]

New changeset 9aebb4d07ddf by Sandro Tosi in branch '2.7':
Issue bpo-13690: add re.DEBUG; patch by Filip Gruszczyński
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9aebb4d07ddf

New changeset f4a9c7cf98dd by Sandro Tosi in branch '3.2':
Issue bpo-13690: add re.DEBUG; patch by Filip Gruszczyński
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/f4a9c7cf98dd

[merwok]

Display debug information about compiled expression.

IMO it would be helpful to define “display” more precisely (e.g. “Print debugging information on stdout during pattern compilation”).