Python re infinite execution

Question

I\'m trying to execute this code :

import re
pattern = r\"(\\w+)\\*([\\w\\s]+)*/$\"
re_compiled = re.compile(pattern)
results = re_compiled.search(\'COPRO*H         


        

Answer 1

Interestingly, Perl runs it very quickly

-> perl -e 'print "Match\n" if "COPRO*HORIZON 2000                 HOR" =~ m|(\w+)\*([\w\s]+)*/$|'
-> perl -e 'print "Match\n" if "COPRO*HORIZON 2000                 HOR/" =~ m|(\w+)\*([\w\s]+)*/$|'
Match