Matthew Barnett <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> added the comment:
I agree that it's a bug.
A workaround is r'([xy])(?:\s{0,65534}\1)+'. A repeat of 65535 is
treated as unlimited (but no warning is given).
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