[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-490573 ] re.match('^a*?$', 'foo') fails

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Bugs item #490573, was opened at 2001-12-08 03:42
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Category: Regular Expressions
Group: Python 2.2
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 7
Submitted By: Ben Escoto (bescoto)
Assigned to: Fredrik Lundh (effbot)
Summary: re.match('^a*?$', 'foo') fails

Initial Comment:
I saw some other bugs reported here that may be the
same as this one, but I figured I might as well post:

>>> import re
>>> re.match('^a*?$', 'foo')
<SRE_Match object at 0x8168e00>

This seems to be a relative new bug.  v2.0c says:

>>> re.match('^a*?$', 'foo')
>>>



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>Comment By: Fredrik Lundh (effbot)
Date: 2001-12-09 08:17

Message:
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backed out of broken patch from July 2001.

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