Changes by Georg Brandl ge...@python.org:
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assignee: - pitrou
nosy: +pitrou
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Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org
http://bugs.python.org/issue8465
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Aaron Sherman a...@ajs.com added the comment:
Matthew, thank you for replying. I still think the primary issue is the
potential for confusion between single digit escapes and backreferences, and
the ease with which they could be addressed, but to cover what you said:
Quote: the normal way to
New submission from Aaron Sherman a...@ajs.com:
I tested this under 2.6 and 3.1. Under both, the common mistake that I'm sure
many others have made, and which cost me quite some time today was:
re.sub(r'(foo)bar', '\1baz', 'foobar')
It's obvious, I'm sure, to many reading this that the
