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Title: SRE: x++ isn't supported
Type: enhancement Stage:
Components: Regular Expressions Versions:
process
Status: closed Resolution: duplicate
Dependencies: Superseder: Adding a new regex module (compatible with re)
View: 2636
Assigned To: effbot Nosy List: effbot, georg.brandl, mrabarnett
Priority: low Keywords:

Created on 2001-06-14 08:32 by effbot, last changed 2022-04-10 16:04 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (3)
msg53165 - (view) Author: Fredrik Lundh (effbot) * (Python committer) Date: 2001-06-14 08:32
from jeffrey friedl:

[perl has] added some interesting things that you 
might want to consider. In particular, posessive 
quantifiers X++ (which acts exactly like (?>X+), but 
is much easier to grok). Very nice.
msg73588 - (view) Author: Matthew Barnett (mrabarnett) * (Python triager) Date: 2008-09-22 18:50
Implemented in #2636 and #3825.
msg73599 - (view) Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) * (Python committer) Date: 2008-09-22 21:31
Closing this one then.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-10 16:04:07adminsetgithub: 34628
2008-09-22 21:31:45georg.brandlsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: duplicate
superseder: Adding a new regex module (compatible with re)
messages: + msg73599
nosy: + georg.brandl
2008-09-22 18:50:56mrabarnettsetnosy: + mrabarnett
messages: + msg73588
2001-06-14 08:32:30effbotcreate