[ python-Bugs-1177831 ] (?(id)yes|no) only works when referencing the first group

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Bugs item #1177831, was opened at 2005-04-06 17:06
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Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: André Malo (ndparker)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: (?(id)yes|no) only works when referencing the first group

Initial Comment:
(?(id)yes|no) only works when referencing the first group

Referencing other marked groups may lead to weird results.

The problem is, that the compiler stores the following
code:

<op> <mark> <skip> ...

(op = GROUPREF_EXISTS)

while the matcher expects:

<op> <group> <skip> ...

where group is <number of paren -1> and <mark> is
<group * 2>.

This is the problematic code in sre_compile.py (1.57):

   168	        elif op is GROUPREF_EXISTS:
   169	            emit(OPCODES[op])
   170	            emit((av[0]-1)*2)
   171	            skipyes = _len(code); emit(0)
   172	            _compile(code, av[1], flags)

changing line 170 to

emit(av[0]-1)

fixes the bug.

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