Groups in regular expressions don't repeat as expected

[Vlastimil Brom]

2011/4/20 MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com>:
> On 20/04/2011 20:20, John Nagle wrote:
>>
>> Here's something that surprised me about Python regular expressions.
>>
>> ...
> You should take a look at the regex module on PyPI. :-)
> --
>

Ah well...
sorry for possibly destroying the point and the aha! effect ...
    vbr