[issue38582] re: backreference number in replace string can't >= 100

[Matthew Barnett]

Matthew Barnett <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> added the comment:

If we did decide to remove it, but there was still a demand for octal escapes, then I'd suggest introducing \oXXX.

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