[issue19055] Clarify docs for re module: why * does not match as many repetitions as possible.

Akira Li added the comment: tl;dr: added patch that clarifies Python re behavior. Please, review. --- The documented behavior is not clear: why (a|ab)* is not equivalent to (a|ab)(a|ab) for aba if the docs say as many repetitions as are possible? And it is not obvious (it is not the only

[issue19055] Clarify docs for re module: why * does not match as many repetitions as possible.

Changes by Akira Li 4kir4...@gmail.com: Removed file: http://bugs.python.org/file36340/re-docs-repetitions.patch ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue19055 ___

[issue19055] Clarify docs for re module: why * does not match as many repetitions as possible.

Changes by Akira Li 4kir4...@gmail.com: Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file36341/re-docs-repetitions.patch ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue19055 ___