[issue42668] re.escape does not correctly escape newlines

[Martin Altmayer]

Martin Altmayer <martin.altmayer at web.de> added the comment:

Thanks for the explanation, I did not know re.VERBOSE. I still think the behavior is a bit confusing, but it's probably not worth the effort to change this.

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type: behavior -> enhancement

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