?Module re documentation bug, error, or misunderstanding?

[Skip Montanaro]

    Norman> So, what am I missing below as both searches "should" succeed?

"r".

>>> import re
>>> re.search("(.+) \1", '55 55')
>>> re.search(r"(.+) \1", '55 55')
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x402665a0>

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