[ python-Bugs-1771483 ] another 'nothing to repeat'

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Bugs item #1771483, was opened at 2007-08-10 08:56
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Category: Regular Expressions
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: viciousdog (viciousdog)
Assigned to: Gustavo Niemeyer (niemeyer)
Summary: another 'nothing to repeat'

Initial Comment:
Hi,

rxSlice = re.compile('\[([^:\]]*):([^:\[]?){1}(:[^:\[]+)?\]')

compiles, but

rxSlice = re.compile('\[([^:\]]*):([^:\[]*){1}(:[^:\[]+)?\]')

produces: >>> error: nothing to repeat
(Python 2.5.1 in idle on Windows XPpro)

Perhaps that 'nothing to repeat' is intended for {x} (i wouldn't like that at all), but then it must not differenciate between * and ?.


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