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re fails to match ranges starting with escaped - #1978

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@slozier

re fails to match ranges starting with escaped -. For example:

assert re.match(r'[\--/]', '.') # fails
assert re.match(r'[--/]', '.') # works

This causes a failure in test_fnmatch (from 3.8).

Appears to be a bug in .NET: dotnet/runtime#108335

Idea for a fix: have the re module alter the pattern to be something like [\-.-/] so it matches - and a range starting with . (the next character).

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