New submission from Jared Grubb: re.match matches, but the capture groups are empty. That's not possible.
Python 2.7.2 (default, Oct 11 2012, 20:14:37) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-418.0.60)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import re >>> re.match('.*', 'stuff').group() # greedy matches and captures; cool. 'stuff' >>> re.match('.*?', 'stuff').group() # nongreedy matches (cool) but doesnt >>> capture (huh?) '' ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 180162 nosy: jaredgrubb priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: re: match of nongreedy regex not grouping right versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16990> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com