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Brython (Browser Python) is an implementation of Python 3 running in the browser
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Bug with non-greedy modifier in regular expressions #2490

Closed alextretyak closed 2 months ago

alextretyak commented 2 months ago 
import re
re.sub(r'/\*(.|\n)*?\*/', '', 'a/*b*/.../*c*/d')

outputs 'ad', but the correct Python implementation outputs 'a...d'.

PierreQuentel commented 2 months ago

Thanks Alexander !