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bpo-32211: Document the existing bug in re.findall() and re.finditer(). (#4695)

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@ -719,14 +719,21 @@ form.
Splitting on a pattern that could match an empty string now raises
a warning. Patterns that can only match empty strings are now rejected.
.. function:: findall(pattern, string, flags=0)
Return all non-overlapping matches of *pattern* in *string*, as a list of
strings. The *string* is scanned left-to-right, and matches are returned in
the order found. If one or more groups are present in the pattern, return a
list of groups; this will be a list of tuples if the pattern has more than
one group. Empty matches are included in the result unless they touch the
beginning of another match.
one group. Empty matches are included in the result.
.. note::
Due to the limitation of the current implementation the character
following an empty match is not included in a next match, so
``findall(r'^|\w+', 'two words')`` returns ``['', 'wo', 'words']``
(note missed "t"). This is changed in Python 3.7.
.. function:: finditer(pattern, string, flags=0)
@ -734,8 +741,7 @@ form.
Return an :term:`iterator` yielding :ref:`match objects <match-objects>` over
all non-overlapping matches for the RE *pattern* in *string*. The *string*
is scanned left-to-right, and matches are returned in the order found. Empty
matches are included in the result unless they touch the beginning of another
match.
matches are included in the result. See also the note about :func:`findall`.
.. function:: sub(pattern, repl, string, count=0, flags=0)