[Bug]: IOSCfgLine.delete_children_matching() does not function

[hypermanganate]

Contact Details

adam.j.pawlowski@gmail.com

What happened?

I couldn't get this to work, then attempted the example that's in the source code:

`

config2 = [ '!', 'interface Serial1/0', ' description Some lame description', ' ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.252', '!', 'interface Serial1/1', ' description Another lame description', ' ip address 1.1.1.5 255.255.255.252', '!', ] pc2 = CiscoConfParse(config2) for obj in pc2.find_objects(r'^interface'): ... obj.delete_children_matching(r'description') ... for line in pc2.ioscfg: ... print(line) ... ! interface Serial1/0 description Some lame description ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.252 ! interface Serial1/1 description Another lame description ip address 1.1.1.5 255.255.255.252 ! `

The expected output would be for those lines to be removed. The function either always returns a null, or explodes.

CiscoConfParse Version

1.6.40

What Operating System are you using?

Linux - Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL or others

What Python version(s) have this problem?

Python 3.7

Show us how to reproduce the problem. Please tell us if the problem is specific to certain inputs or situations.

Followed the example in the code.

I'd also tried it by using "find_objects_w_child" which returns the same list of IOSCfgLine objects, didn't make any difference.

Python tracebacks

No traceback is generated.

Relevant log output

No response

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