[issue37594] re does not honor matching trailing multiple periods

[Serhiy Storchaka]

Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpython at gmail.com> added the comment:

This change was intentional and documented. It fixed old bug in the Python implementation of RE and removed the discrepancy with other RE engines.

The pattern r'\.*$' matches not only a sequence of dots at the of the line, but also an empty string at the end of line. If this is not what you want, use r'\.+$'.

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nosy: +serhiy.storchaka
resolution:  -> not a bug
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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