New submission from Walter Farrell: Given: pattern = r"(^|[^\\])<(pm [^ ]+( +|'[^']*'|\"[^\"]*\"|[^>]+)+)>" s = "<b>Bain, F. W.</b> <pm href 'Digit of the moon, and other"
import re m = re.search(pattern, s) The re.search call seems to loop, never returning (or, at least never returning as long as I was willing to wait). Note that with a ">" added to the end of s, it returns quickly with a match. Without the ">" it should fail, but instead seems to loop. (If I use the regex module instead of re, it fails properly and quickly.) Python 3.5.1, Windows 10: Python 3.5.1 (v3.5.1:37a07cee5969, Dec 6 2015, 01:54:25) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 ---------- components: Library (Lib), Regular Expressions messages: 280790 nosy: Walter Farrell, ezio.melotti, mrabarnett priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Loop in re (regular expression) processing type: resource usage versions: Python 3.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue28690> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
