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Raw strings + convoluted escaping = broken string highlighting #2
Description
Take this bit of entirely valid python code
contrived_regex = r"\*text\*\n\*text\*\n\*text\*\n\*text\*\n\*(?P<label1>.+)\n(?P<label2>.+)\n(?P<label3>.+\((?P<label4>[A-Z]*)\))\n(?P<label5>.+)\n(?P<label6>.+\((?P<label7>[A-Z]{3})\))\n(?P<label8>.+)\n(?P<label9>\d+)\n"
innocent_variable = {
"things": 123
}
Here's what it looks like in Atom
vs. in ST2
In a few minutes of experimentation, that was the shortest I could get the troublemaking string down to. Removing the raw decorator, or removing (nearly?) any of the control characters inside it fixes the highlighting.
Edit: slightly shorter variant that produces the same result:
contrived_regex = r"\*\text\*\\*\text\*\\*\\text\\n\*\\text\*\n\*(?P<label1>.+)\n(?P<label2>.+)\n(?P<label3>.+\((?P<label4>[]*)\))\n(?P<label5>.+)\n(.+\((?P<label7>[a]{)\))\n(?P<label8>.+)\n(?P<label9>\d+)"
innocent_variable = {
"things": 123
}