New submission from Daniel Eloff <dan.el...@gmail.com>: This works:
r'([xy])(?:\1)+' This won't compile, "error: nothing to repeat" r'([xy])(?:\s*\1)+' I can execute this under other regex engines, and it seems to me that it really should work. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 88600 nosy: Eloff severity: normal status: open title: Error compiling valid regex type: behavior versions: Python 2.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6156> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com