Python tip 22: possessive quantifiers
Until Python 3.10, you had to use alternatives like the third-party regex module (https://pypi.org/project/regex/) for possessive quantifiers. The `re` module supports possessive quantifiers from Python 3.11 version. Greedy quantifiers will match as much as possible but will backtrack to help the overall pattern to succeed. Possessive quantifiers behave like greedy but won't backtrack.
See also my "Python re(gex)?" ebook: https://github.com/learnbyexample/py_...
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