Invalid format specifiers in MatchObject and StdPrinter repr

[sth]

BPO	36251
Nosy	@ezio-melotti, @sth, @serhiy-storchaka, @miss-islington
PRs	bpo-36251: Fix format strings used in match_repr() and stdprinter_repr() #12252 [3.7] bpo-36251: Fix format strings used in match_repr() and stdprinter_repr(). (GH-12252) #12263

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2019-03-10.10:56:34.954>
created_at = <Date 2019-03-09.16:53:01.824>
labels = ['expert-regex', 'interpreter-core', '3.8', 'type-bug', '3.7']
title = 'Invalid format specifiers in MatchObject and StdPrinter repr'
updated_at = <Date 2019-03-10.10:56:34.953>
user = 'https://github.com/sth'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2019-03-10.10:56:34.953>
actor = 'serhiy.storchaka'
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closed_date = <Date 2019-03-10.10:56:34.954>
closer = 'serhiy.storchaka'
components = ['Interpreter Core', 'Regular Expressions']
creation = <Date 2019-03-09.16:53:01.824>
creator = 'sth'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 36251
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 4.0
messages = ['337574', '337604', '337607', '337608']
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nosy_names = ['ezio.melotti', 'mrabarnett', 'sth', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'miss-islington']
pr_nums = ['12252', '12263']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue36251'
versions = ['Python 3.7', 'Python 3.8']

[sth]

match_repr() and stdprinter_repr() contain calls to PyUnicode_FromFormat() with format specifiers that don't match the arguments.

See the upcoming pull request for details.

[serhiy-storchaka]

New changeset 8b91eda by Serhiy Storchaka (sth) in branch 'master':
bpo-36251: Fix format strings used in match_repr() and stdprinter_repr(). (GH-12252)
8b91eda

[miss-islington]

New changeset e4be205 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.7':
bpo-36251: Fix format strings used in match_repr() and stdprinter_repr(). (GH-12252)
e4be205

[serhiy-storchaka]

Thank you for your contribution Stephan!

Versions older than 3.6 take only security fixes.

See also bpo-36254.