Tweak doctest 'example' regex to allow a leading ellipsis in 'want' line

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Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
Activity status
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Tech stack
python
Domain
testing-qa

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Locate the doctest “example” regex and the tests covering parsing of “want” lines. Reproduce the case where a want line begins with an ellipsis, then verify the change by running the relevant doctest tests and confirming that existing cases still pass.

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3.8 (EOL) stdlib type-feature
BPO 36714
Nosy @pfmoore, @bskinn

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assignee = None
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created_at = <Date 2019-04-24.16:22:38.716>
labels = ['3.8', 'type-feature', 'library']
title = "Tweak doctest 'example' regex to allow a leading ellipsis in 'want' line"
updated_at = <Date 2019-08-10.03:21:57.762>
user = 'https://github.com/bskinn'

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status = 'open'
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type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue36714'
versions = ['Python 3.8']

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