Issue #18468: The re.split, re.findall, and re.sub functions and the group()

and groups() methods of match object now always return a string or a bytes
object.

Lib/test/test_re.py

@@ -17,8 +17,26 @@ from weakref import proxy
 
 import unittest
 
+class S(str):
+    def __getitem__(self, index):
+        return S(super().__getitem__(index))
+
+class B(bytes):
+    def __getitem__(self, index):
+        return B(super().__getitem__(index))
+
 class ReTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def assertTypedEqual(self, actual, expect, msg=None):
+        self.assertEqual(actual, expect, msg)
+        def recurse(actual, expect):
+            if isinstance(expect, (tuple, list)):
+                for x, y in zip(actual, expect):
+                    recurse(x, y)
+            else:
+                self.assertIs(type(actual), type(expect), msg)
+        recurse(actual, expect)
+
     def test_keep_buffer(self):
         # See bug 14212
         b = bytearray(b'x')
@@ -53,6 +71,13 @@ class ReTests(unittest.TestCase):
         return str(int_value + 1)
 
     def test_basic_re_sub(self):
+        self.assertTypedEqual(re.sub('y', 'a', 'xyz'), 'xaz')
+        self.assertTypedEqual(re.sub('y', S('a'), S('xyz')), 'xaz')
+        self.assertTypedEqual(re.sub(b'y', b'a', b'xyz'), b'xaz')
+        self.assertTypedEqual(re.sub(b'y', B(b'a'), B(b'xyz')), b'xaz')
+        self.assertTypedEqual(re.sub(b'y', bytearray(b'a'), bytearray(b'xyz')), b'xaz')
+        self.assertTypedEqual(re.sub(b'y', memoryview(b'a'), memoryview(b'xyz')), b'xaz')
+
         self.assertEqual(re.sub("(?i)b+", "x", "bbbb BBBB"), 'x x')
         self.assertEqual(re.sub(r'\d+', self.bump_num, '08.2 -2 23x99y'),
                          '9.3 -3 24x100y')
@@ -210,10 +235,22 @@ class ReTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(re.subn("b*", "x", "xyz", 2), ('xxxyz', 2))
 
     def test_re_split(self):
-        self.assertEqual(re.split(":", ":a:b::c"), ['', 'a', 'b', '', 'c'])
+        for string in ":a:b::c", S(":a:b::c"):
-        self.assertEqual(re.split(":*", ":a:b::c"), ['', 'a', 'b', 'c'])
+            self.assertTypedEqual(re.split(":", string),
-        self.assertEqual(re.split("(:*)", ":a:b::c"),
+                                  ['', 'a', 'b', '', 'c'])
-                         ['', ':', 'a', ':', 'b', '::', 'c'])
+            self.assertTypedEqual(re.split(":*", string),
+                                  ['', 'a', 'b', 'c'])
+            self.assertTypedEqual(re.split("(:*)", string),
+                                  ['', ':', 'a', ':', 'b', '::', 'c'])
+        for string in (b":a:b::c", B(b":a:b::c"), bytearray(b":a:b::c"),
+                       memoryview(b":a:b::c")):
+            self.assertTypedEqual(re.split(b":", string),
+                                  [b'', b'a', b'b', b'', b'c'])
+            self.assertTypedEqual(re.split(b":*", string),
+                                  [b'', b'a', b'b', b'c'])
+            self.assertTypedEqual(re.split(b"(:*)", string),
+                                  [b'', b':', b'a', b':', b'b', b'::', b'c'])
+
         self.assertEqual(re.split("(?::*)", ":a:b::c"), ['', 'a', 'b', 'c'])
         self.assertEqual(re.split("(:)*", ":a:b::c"),
                          ['', ':', 'a', ':', 'b', ':', 'c'])
@@ -235,22 +272,39 @@ class ReTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_re_findall(self):
         self.assertEqual(re.findall(":+", "abc"), [])
-        self.assertEqual(re.findall(":+", "a:b::c:::d"), [":", "::", ":::"])
+        for string in "a:b::c:::d", S("a:b::c:::d"):
-        self.assertEqual(re.findall("(:+)", "a:b::c:::d"), [":", "::", ":::"])
+            self.assertTypedEqual(re.findall(":+", string),
-        self.assertEqual(re.findall("(:)(:*)", "a:b::c:::d"), [(":", ""),
+                                  [":", "::", ":::"])
-                                                               (":", ":"),
+            self.assertTypedEqual(re.findall("(:+)", string),
-                                                               (":", "::")])
+                                  [":", "::", ":::"])
+            self.assertTypedEqual(re.findall("(:)(:*)", string),
+                                  [(":", ""), (":", ":"), (":", "::")])
+        for string in (b"a:b::c:::d", B(b"a:b::c:::d"), bytearray(b"a:b::c:::d"),
+                       memoryview(b"a:b::c:::d")):
+            self.assertTypedEqual(re.findall(b":+", string),
+                                  [b":", b"::", b":::"])
+            self.assertTypedEqual(re.findall(b"(:+)", string),
+                                  [b":", b"::", b":::"])
+            self.assertTypedEqual(re.findall(b"(:)(:*)", string),
+                                  [(b":", b""), (b":", b":"), (b":", b"::")])
 
     def test_bug_117612(self):
         self.assertEqual(re.findall(r"(a|(b))", "aba"),
                          [("a", ""),("b", "b"),("a", "")])
 
     def test_re_match(self):
-        self.assertEqual(re.match('a', 'a').groups(), ())
+        for string in 'a', S('a'):
-        self.assertEqual(re.match('(a)', 'a').groups(), ('a',))
+            self.assertEqual(re.match('a', string).groups(), ())
-        self.assertEqual(re.match(r'(a)', 'a').group(0), 'a')
+            self.assertEqual(re.match('(a)', string).groups(), ('a',))
-        self.assertEqual(re.match(r'(a)', 'a').group(1), 'a')
+            self.assertEqual(re.match('(a)', string).group(0), 'a')
-        self.assertEqual(re.match(r'(a)', 'a').group(1, 1), ('a', 'a'))
+            self.assertEqual(re.match('(a)', string).group(1), 'a')
+            self.assertEqual(re.match('(a)', string).group(1, 1), ('a', 'a'))
+        for string in b'a', B(b'a'), bytearray(b'a'), memoryview(b'a'):
+            self.assertEqual(re.match(b'a', string).groups(), ())
+            self.assertEqual(re.match(b'(a)', string).groups(), (b'a',))
+            self.assertEqual(re.match(b'(a)', string).group(0), b'a')
+            self.assertEqual(re.match(b'(a)', string).group(1), b'a')
+            self.assertEqual(re.match(b'(a)', string).group(1, 1), (b'a', b'a'))
 
         pat = re.compile('((a)|(b))(c)?')
         self.assertEqual(pat.match('a').groups(), ('a', 'a', None, None))

Misc/NEWS

@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #18468: The re.split, re.findall, and re.sub functions and the group()
+  and groups() methods of match object now always return a string or a bytes
+  object.
+
 - Issue #18725: The textwrap module now supports truncating multiline text.
 
 - Issue #18776: atexit callbacks now display their full traceback when they

Modules/_sre.c

@@ -1811,6 +1811,24 @@ state_fini(SRE_STATE* state)
 #define STATE_OFFSET(state, member)\
     (((char*)(member) - (char*)(state)->beginning) / (state)->charsize)
 
+LOCAL(PyObject*)
+getslice(int logical_charsize, const void *ptr,
+         PyObject* string, Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t end)
+{
+    if (logical_charsize == 1) {
+        if (PyBytes_CheckExact(string) &&
+            start == 0 && end == PyBytes_GET_SIZE(string)) {
+            Py_INCREF(string);
+            return string;
+        }
+        return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(
+                (const char *)ptr + start, end - start);
+    }
+    else {
+        return PyUnicode_Substring(string, start, end);
+    }
+}
+
 LOCAL(PyObject*)
 state_getslice(SRE_STATE* state, Py_ssize_t index, PyObject* string, int empty)
 {
@@ -1831,7 +1849,7 @@ state_getslice(SRE_STATE* state, Py_ssize_t index, PyObject* string, int empty)
         j = STATE_OFFSET(state, state->mark[index+1]);
     }
 
-    return PySequence_GetSlice(string, i, j);
+    return getslice(state->logical_charsize, state->beginning, string, i, j);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1992,45 +2010,6 @@ deepcopy(PyObject** object, PyObject* memo)
 }
 #endif
 
-static PyObject*
-join_list(PyObject* list, PyObject* string)
-{
-    /* join list elements */
-
-    PyObject* joiner;
-    PyObject* function;
-    PyObject* args;
-    PyObject* result;
-
-    joiner = PySequence_GetSlice(string, 0, 0);
-    if (!joiner)
-        return NULL;
-
-    if (PyList_GET_SIZE(list) == 0) {
-        Py_DECREF(list);
-        return joiner;
-    }
-
-    function = PyObject_GetAttrString(joiner, "join");
-    if (!function) {
-        Py_DECREF(joiner);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    args = PyTuple_New(1);
-    if (!args) {
-        Py_DECREF(function);
-        Py_DECREF(joiner);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    PyTuple_SET_ITEM(args, 0, list);
-    result = PyObject_CallObject(function, args);
-    Py_DECREF(args); /* also removes list */
-    Py_DECREF(function);
-    Py_DECREF(joiner);
-
-    return result;
-}
-
 static PyObject*
 pattern_findall(PatternObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
 {
@@ -2086,7 +2065,8 @@ pattern_findall(PatternObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
         case 0:
             b = STATE_OFFSET(&state, state.start);
             e = STATE_OFFSET(&state, state.ptr);
-            item = PySequence_GetSlice(string, b, e);
+            item = getslice(state.logical_charsize, state.beginning,
+                            string, b, e);
             if (!item)
                 goto error;
             break;
@@ -2216,7 +2196,7 @@ pattern_split(PatternObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
         }
 
         /* get segment before this match */
-        item = PySequence_GetSlice(
+        item = getslice(state.logical_charsize, state.beginning,
             string, STATE_OFFSET(&state, last),
             STATE_OFFSET(&state, state.start)
             );
@@ -2245,7 +2225,7 @@ pattern_split(PatternObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
     }
 
     /* get segment following last match (even if empty) */
-    item = PySequence_GetSlice(
+    item = getslice(state.logical_charsize, state.beginning,
         string, STATE_OFFSET(&state, last), state.endpos
         );
     if (!item)
@@ -2271,6 +2251,7 @@ pattern_subx(PatternObject* self, PyObject* ptemplate, PyObject* string,
 {
     SRE_STATE state;
     PyObject* list;
+    PyObject* joiner;
     PyObject* item;
     PyObject* filter;
     PyObject* args;
@@ -2360,7 +2341,8 @@ pattern_subx(PatternObject* self, PyObject* ptemplate, PyObject* string,
 
         if (i < b) {
             /* get segment before this match */
-            item = PySequence_GetSlice(string, i, b);
+            item = getslice(state.logical_charsize, state.beginning,
+                string, i, b);
             if (!item)
                 goto error;
             status = PyList_Append(list, item);
@@ -2415,7 +2397,8 @@ next:
 
     /* get segment following last match */
     if (i < state.endpos) {
-        item = PySequence_GetSlice(string, i, state.endpos);
+        item = getslice(state.logical_charsize, state.beginning,
+                        string, i, state.endpos);
         if (!item)
             goto error;
         status = PyList_Append(list, item);
@@ -2429,10 +2412,24 @@ next:
     Py_DECREF(filter);
 
     /* convert list to single string (also removes list) */
-    item = join_list(list, string);
+    joiner = getslice(state.logical_charsize, state.beginning, string, 0, 0);
-
+    if (!joiner) {
-    if (!item)
+        Py_DECREF(list);
         return NULL;
+    }
+    if (PyList_GET_SIZE(list) == 0) {
+        Py_DECREF(list);
+        item = joiner;
+    }
+    else {
+        if (state.logical_charsize == 1)
+            item = _PyBytes_Join(joiner, list);
+        else
+            item = PyUnicode_Join(joiner, list);
+        Py_DECREF(joiner);
+        if (!item)
+            return NULL;
+    }
 
     if (subn)
         return Py_BuildValue("Nn", item, n);
@@ -3189,6 +3186,12 @@ match_dealloc(MatchObject* self)
 static PyObject*
 match_getslice_by_index(MatchObject* self, Py_ssize_t index, PyObject* def)
 {
+    Py_ssize_t length;
+    int logical_charsize, charsize;
+    Py_buffer view;
+    PyObject *result;
+    void* ptr;
+
     if (index < 0 || index >= self->groups) {
         /* raise IndexError if we were given a bad group number */
         PyErr_SetString(
@@ -3206,9 +3209,14 @@ match_getslice_by_index(MatchObject* self, Py_ssize_t index, PyObject* def)
         return def;
     }
 
-    return PySequence_GetSlice(
+    ptr = getstring(self->string, &length, &logical_charsize, &charsize, &view);
-        self->string, self->mark[index], self->mark[index+1]
+    if (ptr == NULL)
-        );
+        return NULL;
+    result = getslice(logical_charsize, ptr,
+                      self->string, self->mark[index], self->mark[index+1]);
+    if (logical_charsize == 1 && view.buf != NULL)
+        PyBuffer_Release(&view);
+    return result;
 }
 
 static Py_ssize_t