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authorSerhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>2023-08-09 05:47:57 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2023-08-09 05:47:57 (GMT)
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gh-106052: Fix bug in the matching of possessive quantifiers (gh-106515)
It did not work in the case of a subpattern containing backtracking. Temporary implement possessive quantifiers as equivalent greedy qualifiers in atomic groups.
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diff --git a/Lib/re/_compiler.py b/Lib/re/_compiler.py
index d0a4c55..f5fd160 100644
--- a/Lib/re/_compiler.py
+++ b/Lib/re/_compiler.py
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ def _compile(code, pattern, flags):
emit(ANY_ALL)
else:
emit(ANY)
+ elif op is POSSESSIVE_REPEAT:
+ # gh-106052: Possessive quantifiers do not work when the
+ # subpattern contains backtracking, i.e. "(?:ab?c)*+".
+ # Implement it as equivalent greedy qualifier in atomic group.
+ p = [(MAX_REPEAT, av)]
+ p = [(ATOMIC_GROUP, p)]
+ _compile(code, p, flags)
elif op in REPEATING_CODES:
if _simple(av[2]):
emit(REPEATING_CODES[op][2])