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 Library
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+- Issue #12759: sre_parse now raises a proper error when the name of the group
+  is missing.  Initial patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
+
 - Issue #16152: fix tokenize to ignore whitespace at the end of the code when
   no newline is found.  Patch by Ned Batchelder.