Matthew Barnett added the comment: Lookarounds can contain capture groups:
>>> import re >>> re.search(r'a(?=(.))', 'ab').groups() ('b',) >>> re.search(r'(?<=(.))b', 'ab').groups() ('a',) so lookarounds that are optional or can have no repeats might have a use. I'm not sure whether it's useful to repeat them more than once, but that's another matter. I'd say that it's not a bug. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14460> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com