Steve Newcomb added the comment:
I'm very grateful for your time and attention, and sorry to have distracted
you. You're correct when you say:
Steven D'Aprano: ...the rightmost alternative matches from position 1 of the
text, while the leftmost alternative doesn't match until position 8.
Steven D'Aprano added the comment:
> See attached script, which is self-explanatory.
I'm glad one of us thinks so, because I find it clear as mud.
I spent *way* longer on this than I should have, but I simplified your sample
code to the best of my ability. (See attached.) As far as I can tel
New submission from Steve Newcomb :
Documentation for the re module insists that matches are made left-to-right
within the alternatives delimited by an "or* | group. I seem to have found a
case where the rightmost alternative is matched unless it (and only it) is
commented out. See attached
