In article <1160150048.211740.175620 at k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "Ant" <antroy at gmail.com> wrote: > Ant wrote: > > Look at the following minimal example: > ... (snip example that shows non-capturing group capturing) > > Note I get the same results from python versions 2.4 and 2.5. > Try ?: instead of :? Just