[issue17341] Poor error message when compiling invalid regex

R. David Murray added the comment: Thanks Jason. -- resolution: -> fixed stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed versions: +Python 3.3, Python 3.4 ___ Python tracker __

[issue17341] Poor error message when compiling invalid regex

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 65db865c0851 by R David Murray in branch '3.3': #17341: Include name in re error message about invalid group name. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/65db865c0851 New changeset 227fed7a05d4 by R David Murray in branch 'default': Merge #17341: Include

[issue17341] Poor error message when compiling invalid regex

Changes by Jason Michalski : Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file29803/cpython-2.7-17341.patch ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue17341] Poor error message when compiling invalid regex

Changes by Jason Michalski : -- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file29802/cpython-3.3-17341.patch ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue17341] Poor error message when compiling invalid regex

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: See also issue14462. It will be easier to include a full group name than an invalid character. -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka ___ Python tracker

[issue17341] Poor error message when compiling invalid regex

R. David Murray added the comment: The error is that '<' is not legal in a group name, and the parser is parsing the P= form. The error message could be improved by including the bad character in the message. -- keywords: +easy nosy: +r.david.murray __

[issue17341] Poor error message when compiling invalid regex

New submission from Roy Smith: >>> re.compile('(?P=)') Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "/home/roy/env/python/lib/python2.7/re.py", line 190, in compile return _compile(pattern, flags) File "/home/roy/env/python/lib/python2.7/re.py", line 242, in _compile