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..."

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