[issue13169] Regular expressions with 0 to 65536 repetitions raises OverflowError

[Martin Gfeller]

Martin Gfeller added the comment:

Sorry for passing on my confusion, and thanks for your help!

There was indeed an old python.dll lying in one of the places Windows likes to put DLLs. Deleting it resolved the problem. 

Thanks again and sorry to use your valuable time. 
Best regards, Martin

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status: pending -> open

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