[issue1693050] \w not helpful for non-Roman scripts

[Matthew Barnett]

Matthew Barnett added the comment:

You could've obtained it from msg76556 or msg190100:

>>> print(ascii('हिन्दी'))
'\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940'
>>> import re, regex
>>> print(ascii(re.match(r"\w+", '\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940').group()))
'\u0939'
>>> print(ascii(regex.match(r"\w+", '\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940').group()))
'\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940'

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