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ST4 loading error: Error in regex

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Description

* **Editor name and version**:
* SublimeText4: 4121
* **Platform**:
* Ubuntu 20.10
* **Color scheme**:
* any: monokau, matherialUi, MaterialUiImproved
* **MagicPython version**:
* 1.1.1
* **A sreenshot**:
* **5-10 lines of surrounding code**:
The error:

```
error: Error loading syntax file "Packages/MagicPython/grammars/MagicPython.tmLanguage": Error in regex: target of repeat operator is invalid in regex (?x)
(.+?)
(
(?# .* and .*? in multi-line match need special handling of
newlines otherwise SublimeText and Atom will match slightly
differently.

The guard
```

Since the regex is very common in the tmlanguage I'm confused in ways to solve this...

Syntax is not highlighted((

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Research direction

Start with grammars/MagicPython.tmLanguage and reproduce the loading error in Sublime Text 4 on the reported environment. Trace the invalid regex construct shown in the error and confirm that the grammar loads and Python syntax highlighting works afterward.

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Assessment

Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
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Newbie friendliness
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