Git issue 527: VERBOSE/X flag breaks \N escapes

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   PYTHON_VER: '3.10'  # Python to run test/cibuildwheel
-  CIBW_BUILD: cp37-* cp38-* cp39-* cp310-* cp311-* cp312-*
+  CIBW_BUILD: cp38-* cp39-* cp310-* cp311-* cp312-*
   CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: python -m unittest regex.test_regex
 
 jobs:
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
       # manylinux2014  >=19.3   3.7.8+, 3.8.4+, 3.9.0+    2.17 (2012-12-25)
       # manylinux_x_y  >=20.3   3.8.10+, 3.9.5+, 3.10.0+  x.y
       # manylinux2010 images EOL on 2022-08-01, it doesn't support cp311.
-      CIBW_BUILD: cp37-* cp38-* cp39-* cp310-*
+      CIBW_BUILD: cp38-* cp39-* cp310-*
       CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux2010
       CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: x86_64
 

changelog.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Version: 2024.4.28
+
+    Git issue 527: `VERBOSE`/`X` flag breaks `\N` escapes
+
 Version: 2024.4.16
 
     Git issue 525: segfault when fuzzy matching empty list

regex_3/_regex_core.py

@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ def parse_named_char(source, info, in_set):
     "Parses a named character."
     saved_pos = source.pos
     if source.match("{"):
-        name = source.get_while(NAMED_CHAR_PART)
+        name = source.get_while(NAMED_CHAR_PART, keep_spaces=True)
         if source.match("}"):
             try:
                 value = unicodedata.lookup(name)
@@ -4067,11 +4067,11 @@ class Source:
             self.pos = len(string)
             return "".join(substring)
 
-    def get_while(self, test_set, include=True):
+    def get_while(self, test_set, include=True, keep_spaces=False):
         string = self.string
         pos = self.pos
 
-        if self.ignore_space:
+        if self.ignore_space and not keep_spaces:
             try:
                 substring = []
 

regex_3/regex.py

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ __all__ = ["cache_all", "compile", "DEFAULT_VERSION", "escape", "findall",
   "VERSION1", "X", "VERBOSE", "W", "WORD", "error", "Regex", "__version__",
   "__doc__", "RegexFlag"]
 
-__version__ = "2.5.141"
+__version__ = "2.5.142"
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Public interface.

regex_3/test_regex.py

@@ -4329,6 +4329,10 @@ thing
         # Git issue 525: segfault when fuzzy matching empty list
         self.assertEqual(regex.match(r"(\L<foo>){e<=5}", "blah", foo=[]).span(), (0, 0))
 
+        # Git issue 527: `VERBOSE`/`X` flag breaks `\N` escapes
+        self.assertEqual(regex.compile(r'\N{LATIN SMALL LETTER A}').match('a').span(), (0, 1))
+        self.assertEqual(regex.compile(r'\N{LATIN SMALL LETTER A}', flags=regex.X).match('a').span(), (0, 1))
+
     def test_fuzzy_ext(self):
         self.assertEqual(bool(regex.fullmatch(r'(?r)(?:a){e<=1:[a-z]}', 'e')),
           True)

setup.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ with open('README.rst', encoding='utf-8') as file:
 
 setup(
     name='regex',
-    version='2024.4.16',
+    version='2024.4.28',
     description='Alternative regular expression module, to replace re.',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/x-rst',
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ setup(
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ setup(
         'Topic :: Text Processing',
         'Topic :: Text Processing :: General',
     ],
-    python_requires='>=3.7',
+    python_requires='>=3.8',
 
     package_dir={'regex': 'regex_3'},
     py_modules=['regex.__init__', 'regex.regex', 'regex._regex_core',