[issue1566086] RE (regular expression) matching stuck in loop

[Matthew Barnett]

Matthew Barnett <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> added the comment:

This problem has been addressed in issue #2636.

Extra checks have been added to reduce the amount of backtracking.

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