[issue12177] re.match raises MemoryError

[Matthew Barnett]

Matthew Barnett <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> added the comment:

This also raises MemoryError:

    re.match(r'()*?1', 'a1')

but none of these do:

    re.match(r'()+1', 'a1')
    re.match(r'()*1', 'a1')

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nosy: +mrabarnett

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