sre \Z bug or feature?

[Pearu Peterson]

On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Tim Peters wrote:

> [Pearu Peterson]
> 
> > So, do you think that the pattern I use is somehow invalid or
> > inefficient?
> 
> It's at least confusing <wink>.  Note that \A doesn't accomplish anything,
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Thanks for your explanation! It was certainly very useful for me as I am
not familiar with the theory that is behind the re module, which also 
explains why I used inefficient constructs here.

> That leaves me with
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And thanks for your suggestion! I'll use it.

Pearu