[docs] [issue7940] re.finditer and re.findall should support negative end positions

Serhiy Storchaka report at bugs.python.org
Mon Sep 9 12:55:47 EDT 2019


Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpython at gmail.com> added the comment:

Note that changing the current behavior is a breaking change. For example someone can use `pattern.findall(text, curpos-50, curpos+50)` to search in the range ±50 characters from the current position. If negative positions change meaning, this will break a code for curpos < 50.

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