New submission from T Trindad:
The following code "hangs" the interpreter:
import re
re.search(r"/\*\*((?:[^*]+|\*[^/])*)\*/", """ /** Copy Constructor **/
private EvaluationContext (EvaluationContext base) {""")
Changing the regex to r"/\*\*((?:[^*]|\*[^/])*)\*/" makes it work normally.
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components: Regular Expressions
messages: 298705
nosy: T Trindad, ezio.melotti, mrabarnett
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Regular expression "hangs" interpreter
type: crash
versions: Python 2.7
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