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| From | Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2012-02-13 23:38 -0500 |
| Subject | re module: Nothing to repeat, but no sre_constants.error: nothing to repeat ? |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.5792.1329194327.27778.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
Hey Pythonistas, Consider the regular expression "$*". Compilation fails with the exception, "sre_constants.error: nothing to repeat". Consider the regular expression "(?=$)*". As far as I know it is equivalent. It does not fail to compile. Why the inconsistency? What's going on here? -- Devin
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re module: Nothing to repeat, but no sre_constants.error: nothing to repeat ? Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-02-13 23:38 -0500
Re: re module: Nothing to repeat, but no sre_constants.error: nothing to repeat ? Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-14 05:20 -0800
Re: re module: Nothing to repeat, but no sre_constants.error: nothing to repeat ? Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-02-14 08:33 -0500
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