+ in regular expression

[Cameron Simpson]

On 03Oct2012 21:17, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
| On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 9:01 PM, contro opinion <contropinion at gmail.com> wrote:
| > why the  "\s{6}+"  is not a regular pattern?
| 
| Use a group: "(?:\s{6})+"

Yeah, it is probably a precedence issue in the grammar.
"(\s{6})+" is also accepted.
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