[ python-Bugs-852532 ] ^$ won't split on empty line

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Bugs item #852532, was opened at 2003-12-02 06:01
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Category: Regular Expressions
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Jan Burgy (jburgy)
Assigned to: Fredrik Lundh (effbot)
Summary: ^$ won't split on empty line

Initial Comment:
Python 2.3.2 (#49, Oct  2 2003, 20:02:00) [MSC v.1200 
32 bit (Intel)] on win32

>>> import re
>>> re.compile('^$', re.MULTILINE).split('foo\n\nbar')
['foo\n\nbar']

I expect ['foo\n', '\nbar'], since, according to the 
documentation $ "in MULTILINE mode also matches 
before a newline".

Thanks, Jan

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