Message 194440 - Python tracker

Message194440

Author	tim.peters
Recipients	Arfrever, eli.bendersky, ezio.melotti, larry, mrabarnett, pitrou, python-dev, serhiy.storchaka, tim.peters
Date	2013-08-04.23:54:31
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Message-id	<1375660471.42.0.388715986593.issue18647@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> Python's current regex engine isn't so coded. That's > the reason for the up-front check. It's peculiar then that nobody noticed before now that the check was so badly broken ;-) Offhand, do you have an example that displays bad behavior in 2.7? I'm curious because I didn't find one after half an hour of trying.

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> Python's current regex engine isn't so coded. That's
> the reason for the up-front check.

It's peculiar then that nobody noticed before now that the check was so badly broken ;-)

Offhand, do you have an example that displays bad behavior in 2.7?  I'm curious because I didn't find one after half an hour of trying.

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