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-rw-r--r--Lib/sre_compile.py2
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_re.py10
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/sre_compile.py b/Lib/sre_compile.py
index 40d2d52..9f59c77 100644
--- a/Lib/sre_compile.py
+++ b/Lib/sre_compile.py
@@ -358,8 +358,6 @@ def _optimize_unicode(charset, fixup):
def _simple(av):
# check if av is a "simple" operator
lo, hi = av[2].getwidth()
- #if lo == 0 and hi == MAXREPEAT:
- # raise error("nothing to repeat")
return lo == hi == 1 and av[2][0][0] != SUBPATTERN
def _compile_info(code, pattern, flags):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_re.py b/Lib/test/test_re.py
index c84d4ed..2104437 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_re.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_re.py
@@ -1051,6 +1051,16 @@ class ReTests(unittest.TestCase):
[b'xyz'], msg=pattern)
+ def test_bug_2537(self):
+ # issue 2537: empty submatches
+ for outer_op in ('{0,}', '*', '+', '{1,187}'):
+ for inner_op in ('{0,}', '*', '?'):
+ r = re.compile("^((x|y)%s)%s" % (inner_op, outer_op))
+ m = r.match("xyyzy")
+ self.assertEqual(m.group(0), "xyy")
+ self.assertEqual(m.group(1), "")
+ self.assertEqual(m.group(2), "y")
+
def run_re_tests():
from test.re_tests import tests, SUCCEED, FAIL, SYNTAX_ERROR
if verbose: