[issue17184] re.VERBOSE doesn't respect whitespace in '( ?Pfoo...)'

2013-02-15 Thread Ezio Melotti
Changes by Ezio Melotti ezio.melo...@gmail.com: -- resolution: - duplicate stage: - committed/rejected status: open - closed superseder: - re.VERBOSE whitespace behavior not completely documented versions: +Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4 ___

[issue17184] re.VERBOSE doesn't respect whitespace in '( ?Pfoo...)'

2013-02-11 Thread Roy Smith
New submission from Roy Smith: # Python 2.7.3 # Ubuntu 12.04 import re pattern = r( ?Pphrase.*) regex = re.compile(pattern, re.VERBOSE) The above raises an exception in re.compile(): Traceback (most recent call last): File ./try.py, line 6, in module regex = re.compile(pattern,

[issue17184] re.VERBOSE doesn't respect whitespace in '( ?Pfoo...)'

2013-02-11 Thread Ezio Melotti
Changes by Ezio Melotti ezio.melo...@gmail.com: -- components: +Regular Expressions nosy: +ezio.melotti, mrabarnett ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue17184 ___

[issue17184] re.VERBOSE doesn't respect whitespace in '( ?Pfoo...)'

2013-02-11 Thread Matthew Barnett
Matthew Barnett added the comment: It does look like a duplicate to me. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue17184 ___ ___