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Introduce a method to concatenate regex patterns

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3.7 (EOL) topic-regex type-feature
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Description

BPO 33658
Nosy @ezio-melotti, @serhiy-storchaka

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2018-05-27.08:53:27.253>
labels = ['expert-regex', 'type-feature', '3.7']
title = 'Introduce a method to concatenate regex patterns'
updated_at = <Date 2018-05-28.08:16:03.689>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/aleskva'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2018-05-28.08:16:03.689>
actor = 'serhiy.storchaka'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Regular Expressions']
creation = <Date 2018-05-27.08:53:27.253>
creator = 'aleskva'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 33658
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['317787', '317829']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['ezio.melotti', 'mrabarnett', 'THRlWiTi', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'aleskva']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue33658'
versions = ['Python 3.7']

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Research direction

No source file or test is identified. Start by reading the Regular Expressions component and the linked BPO issue 33658, then determine the intended API and scope for concatenating regex patterns. Done means an agreed method is implemented with coverage for its expected behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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