Vedran Čačić <ved...@gmail.com> added the comment: The documentation clearly says:
> This special sequence can only be used to match one of the first 99 groups. > If the first digit of number is 0, or number is 3 octal digits long, it will > not be interpreted as a group match, but as the character with octal value > number. Maybe it should also mention Serhiy's technique at that place, something like "If you need more than 99 groups, you can name them using..." ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue38582> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com