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syntax highlight engine written for babi
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how to handle *+ / ++ in regexes #3

Closed asottile closed 4 years ago

asottile commented 4 years ago

the python regex engine does not support "possessive quantifiers"

I wonder if I can just use the normal greedy quantifiers? I wonder if there's a way to emulate them using normal regex features

asottile commented 4 years ago

hmmmm! https://stackoverflow.com/a/5545615/812183

asottile commented 4 years ago

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