[issue22760] re.sub does only first 16 replacements if re.S is used

Changes by STINNER Victor : -- resolution: not a bug -> duplicate superseder: -> re.sub confusion between count and flags args ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue22760] re.sub does only first 16 replacements if re.S is used

Ezio Melotti added the comment: See #11957. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.pyt

[issue22760] re.sub does only first 16 replacements if re.S is used

STINNER Victor added the comment: This bug report is common. An enhancement would be to make the count parameter a keyword only parameter. Would it break a lot of code? -- nosy: +haypo ___ Python tracker _

[issue22760] re.sub does only first 16 replacements if re.S is used

Georg Brandl added the comment: The fourth parameter is not "flags", but "count", the max. number of substitutions. "flags" is the fifth parameter, or give it as a keyword argument. -- nosy: +georg.brandl resolution: -> not a bug status: open -> closed __

[issue22760] re.sub does only first 16 replacements if re.S is used

Peter Otten added the comment: This is not a bug; the signature of re.sub() is sub(pattern, repl, string, count=0, flags=0) and the fourth argument thus the 'count' delimiting the number of substitutions that you accidentally specify as >>> import re >>> re.S 16 I recommend that you use a ke

[issue22760] re.sub does only first 16 replacements if re.S is used

Changes by Antoine Pitrou : -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://

[issue22760] re.sub does only first 16 replacements if re.S is used

New submission from Michael Del Monte: Easily reproduced: re.sub('x', 'a', "x"*20, re.S) returns '' -- components: Regular Expressions messages: 230216 nosy: ezio.melotti, mgdelmonte, mrabarnett priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: re.sub does only