[issue19994] re.match does not return or takes long time

[Taesu Pyo]

New submission from Taesu Pyo:

// code sampe:

import re

r = (r'(/.*)*X')
s = '////////////////////////////'

print re.match(r, s)
print list(re.finditer(r, s))
print re.findall(r, s)

// it does not return or takes long time depends on length of 's'

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components: Regular Expressions
messages: 206283
nosy: Taesu.Pyo, ezio.melotti, mrabarnett
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: re.match does not return or takes long time
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.3

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