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PS bugs> jython
Jython 2.7.2a1+ (default:d74f8c2cd56f, Feb 24 2018, 17:18:53)
[Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (Oracle Corporation)] on java1.8.0_151
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import re
>>> m = re.compile(r'a+')
>>> m.match('a' * 22000)
<org.python.modules.sre.MatchObject object at 0x2>
>>> m = re.compile(r'(?:a)+')
>>> m.match('a' * 22000)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
RuntimeError: maximum recursion limit exceeded