New submission from Terry J. Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu>: Lib\idlelib\colorizer.py, line 25, is: stringprefix = r"(?i:\br|u|f|fr|rf|b|br|rb)?"
The r prefix, but only the r prefix, must be preceded by a non-word character. On pydev thread "IDLE colorizer", MRAB noted: "The \b will apply only to the first choice. Shouldn't it be more like: stringprefix = r"(?:\b(?i:r|u|f|fr|rf|b|br|rb))?" I think the \b should be removed instead. Currently uf'a' gets f'a' colored, while ur'a' only gets 'a' colored. (Tim Peters pointed out the difference with a different example.) I prefer coloring the maximal legal string rather than the minimum. I think the contrast between two chars legal by themselves, but differently colored when put together, makes the bug more obvious. ---------- assignee: terry.reedy components: IDLE messages: 314793 nosy: terry.reedy priority: normal severity: normal stage: test needed status: open title: IDLE: remove \b from colorizer string prefix type: behavior versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue33204> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
