In a couple recent versions of Python (including 3.8 and 3.10), the
following code:
import re
print(re.sub(".*", "replacement", "pattern"))
yields the output "replacementreplacement".
This behavior does not occur in 3.6.
Which behavior is the desired one? Perhaps relatedly, I noticed that even
in 3.6, the code
print(re.findall(".*","pattern"))
yields ['pattern',''] which is not what I was expecting.
Thanks,
Alex Richert
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