[New-bugs-announce] [issue14806] re.match does not match word '{'

[zk]

New submission from zk <bsnxff at gmail.com>:

>>> type(re.match('{', 'aaaa{'))
<type 'NoneType'>
>>> type(re.match('\{', 'aaaa{'))
<type 'NoneType'>
>>> type(re.search('\{', 'aaaa{'))
<type '_sre.SRE_Match'>
>>> type(re.search('{', 'aaaa{'))
<type '_sre.SRE_Match'>

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components: 2to3 (2.x to 3.x conversion tool)
messages: 160615
nosy: zk
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: re.match does not match word '{'
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7

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