New submission from Martin Altmayer <[email protected]>:
re.escape('\n') returns '\\\n', i.e. a string consisting of a backslash and a
newline. I believe it should return '\\n', i.e. a backslash and an 'n'. If the
escape-result still contains a verbatim newline, why escape this character at
all?
Note that Python's regular expressions engine allows newlines, so
re.match(re.escape('\n'), '\n') gives a match. Thus, while this looks like an
undesired behavior, it is not functionally broken.
The same problem applies to some other characters: \t\r\v\f
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components: Regular Expressions
files: test.py
messages: 383237
nosy: MartinAltmayer, ezio.melotti, mrabarnett
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: re.escape does not correctly escape newlines
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.10, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9
Added file: https://bugs.python.org/file49689/test.py
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