gh-144694: Fix re.Match.group() doc claiming [1..99] range limit#144696
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The documentation incorrectly stated that numeric group arguments must be in the range [1..99]. This limit was removed in Python 3.5 (bpo-22437). Replace with "a positive integer" since the next sentence already documents the IndexError for out-of-range values.
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re.Match.group()incorrectly states that numeric group arguments must be in the inclusive range[1..99]. This limit was removed in Python 3.5 (bpo-22437) when the number of capturing groups became dynamic.Replace
[1..99]with "a positive integer" since the next sentence already documents theIndexErrorfor out-of-range values.📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--144696.org.readthedocs.build/