From 2fc3cffc921077856a98e7eb0f625b7ef353b139 2012-05-09 22:24:42
From: Bradley M. Froehle <brad.froehle@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-05-09 22:24:42
Subject: [PATCH] Improve CRegExp docstring.

---

diff --git a/IPython/utils/traitlets.py b/IPython/utils/traitlets.py
index 3c5939a..7065f53 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/traitlets.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/traitlets.py
@@ -1413,7 +1413,10 @@ class TCPAddress(TraitType):
         self.error(obj, value)
 
 class CRegExp(TraitType):
-    """A trait for a compiled regular expression."""
+    """A casting compiled regular expression trait.
+
+    Accepts both strings and compiled regular expressions. The resulting
+    attribute will be a compiled regular expression."""
 
     info_text = 'a regular expression'