[issue38915] 'r[/]*', str, re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL Won't match // in a string in Python3.6.8

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[issue38915] 'r[/]*', str, re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL Won't match // in a string in Python3.6.8

New submission from Yan : str="//" matches = re.finditer('r[/]*', str, re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL) for match in matches: print(match.group(0)) The above will match double forward slash in Python2.7.15 but NOT in Python3.6.8. -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 357492 nosy: