[issue1761] Bug in re.sub()

[Amaury Forgeot d'Arc]

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc added the comment:

This may be a surprising behaviour, but consistent with Perl and the
pcre library.
Added a sentence in documentation, and specific tests.

Committed as r59896.

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resolution:  -> wont fix
status: open -> closed

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