Jeffrey C. Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Hmmm. This strikes me as a bug, beyond the realm of Issue 3262. The two items may be related, but the dropping of the 'a' seems like unexpected behaviour that I doubt any current code is expecting to occur. Clearly, what is going on is that the Engine starts scanning at the 'a', finds the Zero-Width match and, having found a match, increments its pointer within the input string, thus skipping the 'a' when it matches 'bc'.
If it is indeed a bug, I think this should be considered for inclusion in Python 2.6 rather than being part of the new Engine Design in Issue 3626. I think the solution would simply be to not increment the ptr (which points to the input string) when findall / finditer encounters a Zero-Width match. _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1647489> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
