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@@ -114,3 +114,13 @@ Porting to Python 3.12
This section lists previously described changes and other bugfixes
that may require changes to your code.
+
+Changes in the Python API
+-------------------------
+
+* More strict rules are now applied for numerical group references and
+ group names in regular expressions.
+ Only sequence of ASCII digits is now accepted as a numerical reference.
+ The group name in bytes patterns and replacement strings can now only
+ contain ASCII letters and digits and underscore.
+ (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`91760`.)