Regexp: combination of * and {,} results in incorrect matches
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Key: JRUBY-4942
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-4942
Project: JRuby
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Core Classes/Modules
Affects Versions: JRuby 1.5.1
Environment: github trunk
Reporter: Hiro Asari
As reported in http://old.nabble.com/forum/ViewPost.jtp?post=29179901&framed=y
combining {{*}} and {{{,}}} results in incorrect matches.
{noformat}
irb(main):017:0> m=/([a-z]\s*?){5,}/.match "ab "
=> #<MatchData "ab " 1:"b ">
irb(main):026:0> m=/([a-z]\s*){2,}/.match "ab d "
=> #<MatchData "ab d " 1:"d ">
irb(main):027:0> m=/([a-z]\s*?){2,}/.match "ab d "
=> #<MatchData "ab" 1:"b">
{noformat}
These are not tested in Joni.
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