Guido van Rossum added the comment: Please go to python-list to get help about writing re expressions for parsing. The example regexp does not technically hang, it is just exploring a very large set of alternatives, none of which match (because the trailing '()' doesn't match anything).
---------- nosy: +gvanrossum resolution: -> not a bug status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23066> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
