Could just have been if re.match(...).matched: But yeah, agree that Optional is what I want here. if let Some(m) := re.match(...) m.group(1).

Could just have been if re.match(...).matched: But yeah, agree that Optional is what I want here. if let Some(m) := re.match(...) m.group(1)... m = re.match(...) m.group(1) # TypeError because I haven't unwrapped the Optional In current Python, that last line sometimes throws a runtime error.