[Python-bugs-list] [Bug #115618] SRE lookbehind raises a RuntimeError

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Bug #115618, was updated on 2000-Sep-28 14:47
Here is a current snapshot of the bug.

Project: Python
Category: Library
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Bug Group: None
Priority: 5
Summary: SRE lookbehind raises a RuntimeError

Details: Test program:

import re
p=re.compile('(?<!abc)(def)')
p.search('abcddef')    

This raises an exception in the search():
RuntimeError: internal error in regular expression engine                       


Follow-Ups:

Date: 2000-Sep-30 21:40
By: gvanrossum

Comment:
Confirmed in 2.0b2 on Linux (Red Hat 6.2).
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