Verbose Python RegExp Match

gistfile1.py

pattern = re.compile(r'''
\d{4}\-\d{2}\-\d{2}     # yyyy-mm-dd
\s
\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}       # HH:mm:ss
\s
(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}   # IP
\(via\sUDP:\s\[
(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}   # UDP IP
\]:
\d+                     # UDP port?
\)\sTRAP,\sSNMP\sv1,\scommunity\spublic\n\s+SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2604.
\d.\d.\d.\d             # COMMENT ME
\sEnterprise\sSpecific\sTrap\s\(
\w+                     # COMMENT ME
\)\sUptime:\s
(\w+\sdays,)*           # Uptime, day part (may not exist)
\d+:\d+:\d+.\d+         # Uptime, hh:mm:ss.xx
\n\s+SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2604.
\d.\d.\d.\d.\d.\d       # COMMENT ME
\s=\sHex-STRING:\s
(\w+\s)+                # Hex STRING
\s+SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2604.
\d.\d.\d.\d.\d.\d       # COMMENT ME
\s=\sSTRING:\s\"
.+                      # content of STRING
\"
''', re.VERBOSE)

print pattern.match(content)     # "content" is the string to match