[Python-Dev] one last SRE headache
Tim Peters
tim_one@email.msn.com
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 17:07:37 -0400
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> I had to add one rule:
>
> If it starts with a zero, it's always an octal number.
> Up to two more octal digits are accepted after the
> leading zero.
>
> but this still fails on this pattern:
>
> r'(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)(j)(k)(l)\119'
>
> where the last part is supposed to be a reference to
> group 11, followed by a literal '9'.
But 9 isn't an octal digit, so it fits w/ your new rule just fine. \117
here instead would be an octal escape.