[ python-Bugs-926075 ] re.sub on u'' gives NON-unicode ''

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Bugs item #926075, was opened at 2004-03-30 17:27
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Category: Regular Expressions
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
>Resolution: Accepted
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Alex Martelli (aleax)
>Assigned to: Hye-Shik Chang (perky)
Summary: re.sub on u'' gives NON-unicode ''

Initial Comment:
>>> import re 
>>> re.sub(u'.', u'', u'') 
'' 
 
This holds for any RE that doesn't match the empty string. 
 

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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2004-04-20 22:01

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The patch is fine, please apply.

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Comment By: Hye-Shik Chang (perky)
Date: 2004-04-01 07:47

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Here's a fix.

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