[3.12] gh-101699: Explain using Match.expand with \g<0> (GH-101701) #115583
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Update documentation for re library to explain that a backreference `\g<0>` is expanded to the entire string when using Match.expand(). Note that numeric backreferences to group 0 (`\0`) are not supported. (cherry picked from commit d2d7808) Co-authored-by: Stevoisiak <S.Vascellaro@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
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Update documentation for re library to explain that a backreference
\g<0>isexpanded to the entire string when using Match.expand().
Note that numeric backreferences to group 0 (
\0) are not supported.(cherry picked from commit d2d7808)
Co-authored-by: Stevoisiak S.Vascellaro@gmail.com
Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka storchaka@gmail.com
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