New submission from Jared Grubb:
re.match matches, but the capture groups are empty. That's not possible.
Python 2.7.2 (default, Oct 11 2012, 20:14:37)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-418.0.60)] on darwin
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>>> import re
>>> re.match('.*', 'stuff').group() # greedy matches and captures; cool.
'stuff'
>>> re.match('.*?', 'stuff').group() # nongreedy matches (cool) but doesnt
>>> capture (huh?)
''
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 180162
nosy: jaredgrubb
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: re: match of nongreedy regex not grouping right
versions: Python 2.7
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