[ python-Bugs-926075 ] re.sub on u'' gives NON-unicode ''

Thu Apr 1 00:47:57 EST 2004

Bugs item #926075, was opened at 2004-03-31 00:27
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Category: Regular Expressions
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Alex Martelli (aleax)
Assigned to: Fredrik Lundh (effbot)
Summary: re.sub on u'' gives NON-unicode ''

Initial Comment:
>>> import re 
>>> re.sub(u&#039;.&#039;, u&#039;&#039;, u&#039;&#039;) 
&#039;&#039; 

This holds for any RE that doesn&#039;t match the empty string. 

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>Comment By: Hye-Shik Chang (perky)
Date: 2004-04-01 14:47

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Here's a fix.

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