[issue3128] Regex causes python to hang up? / loop infinite?

[Amaury Forgeot d'Arc]

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <amauryfa at gmail.com> added the comment:

To optimize your query, you could remove '^.*' and '.*$', and replace
match() with search().
Now it returns instantly...

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