Stefan Palme wrote:
>> using the "re" module of Python (2.3 and 2.4), I tried the following:
>>
>> import re
>> print re.sub('X.*?Y', 'Z', 'Xab\ncdY', re.DOTALL)
>>
> Just noticed, that it works when *compiling* the pattern:
>
> import re
> p = re.compile('X.*?Y', re.DOTALL)
> print re.sub(p, 'Z', 'Xab\ncdY')
>
> Still the question - my fault or a bug?
Your fault. According to the documentation [1], the re.sub function takes
a count as a fourth argument, not the compilation flags.
[1] http://docs.python.org/lib/node46.html
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