remove regexp test from is_address; non-matching strings will fail anyway

8 years ago · 8b6efaff2d
1 changed files with 0 additions and 3 deletions
--- a/lib/bitcoin.py
+++ b/lib/bitcoin.py
@ -399,9 +399,6 @@ def is_valid(addr):


 def is_address(addr):
-    ADDRESS_RE = re.compile('[1-9A-HJ-NP-Za-km-z]{26,}\\Z')
-    if not ADDRESS_RE.match(addr):
-        return False
    try:
        addrtype, h = bc_address_to_hash_160(addr)
    except Exception: