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Author	ericp
Recipients	ericp
Date	2013-03-28.23:50:01
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Message-id	<1364514602.25.0.0249156897876.issue17568@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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>>> import re >>> p = re.compile(r'^(?:\\"\|.\|)*?"', re.S\|re.M) >>> s = 'sub foo {\n\tprint "\n\t\tbar\n\t\t";\n}\n' >>> m = p.findall(s) Python doesn't return. Dropping the last "\|" in the pattern fixes this. Regex engines in Perl, PHP, JS, and Ruby all handle this regex. Ref Komodo bug http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=98268

>>> import re
>>> p = re.compile(r'^(?:\\"|.|)*?"', re.S|re.M)
>>> s = 'sub foo {\n\tprint "\n\t\tbar\n\t\t";\n}\n'
>>> m = p.findall(s)

Python doesn't return.

Dropping the last "|" in the pattern fixes this.

Regex engines in Perl, PHP, JS, and Ruby all handle
this regex.  Ref Komodo bug http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=98268

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Date	User	Action	Args
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