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_osx_support.py: misplaced flags in re.sub() #74253
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assignee = 'https://github.com/serhiy-storchaka'
closed_at = <Date 2017-04-14.14:48:14.293>
created_at = <Date 2017-04-13.20:04:13.195>
labels = ['3.7', 'easy', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = '_osx_support.py: misplaced flags in re.sub()'
updated_at = <Date 2017-04-14.14:48:14.292>
user = 'https://github.com/jwilk'bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2017-04-14.14:48:14.292>
actor = 'serhiy.storchaka'
assignee = 'serhiy.storchaka'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2017-04-14.14:48:14.293>
closer = 'serhiy.storchaka'
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2017-04-13.20:04:13.195>
creator = 'jwilk'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 30067
keywords = ['easy']
message_count = 5.0
messages = ['291631', '291651', '291652', '291654', '291656']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['vstinner', 'jwilk', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'Jack.McCracken', 'xiang.zhang']
pr_nums = ['1134', '1135', '1136', '1137']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue30067'
versions = ['Python 3.5', 'Python 3.6', 'Python 3.7']
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jwilk commentedon Apr 13, 2017
Lib/_osx_support.py contains the following line:
But the 4th re.sub() argument is the maximum number of substitutions, so this is equivalent to:
It was probably meant to be:
This bug was found using pydiatra:
http://jwilk.net/software/pydiatra
vstinner commentedon Apr 14, 2017
I created the issue bpo-30072: "re functions: convert count and flags parameters to keyword-only?".
JackMc commentedon Apr 14, 2017
Resolved in GitHub #1134.
In 2.7, the flag re.ASCII is not passed due to 2.7's default ASCII strings.
Backporting to 3.5 and 3.6.
JackMc commentedon Apr 14, 2017
#1135 and #1137 backport it to 3.5 and 3.6, respectively.
zhangyangyu commentedon Apr 14, 2017
My fault.