re.sub and named groups

[Aahz]

In article <4c7158d2-5663-46b9-b950-be81bd79964c at z6g2000pre.googlegroups.com>,
Emanuele D'Arrigo <manu3d at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>I'm having a ball with the power of regular expression but I stumbled
>on something I don't quite understand:

Book recommendation: _Mastering Regular Expressions_, Jeffrey Friedl
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