re.sub() does not work correctly on '.' pattern and \n

[mrh1997]

BPO	30927
Nosy	@ezio-melotti, @mrh1997

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closed_at = <Date 2017-07-13.23:58:25.716>
created_at = <Date 2017-07-13.21:27:56.387>
labels = ['expert-regex', 'type-bug', 'invalid']
title = "re.sub() does not work correctly on '.' pattern and \\n"
updated_at = <Date 2017-07-13.23:58:25.715>
user = 'https://github.com/mrh1997'

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actor = 'mrabarnett'
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closed_date = <Date 2017-07-13.23:58:25.716>
closer = 'mrabarnett'
components = ['Regular Expressions']
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creator = 'mrh1997'
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issue_num = 30927
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'not a bug'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
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type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue30927'
versions = ['Python 3.6']

[mrh1997]

When running the command

 re.sub(r'X.', '+', '-X\n-', re.DOTALL)

you get '-X\n-' instead of '-+-'.

Curiously findall works correctly:

re.findall(r'X.', '-X\n-', re.DOTALL) => ['X\n']

[mrabarnett]

The 4th parameter is the count, not the flags:

sub(pattern, repl, string, count=0, flags=0)

>>> re.sub(r'X.', '+', '-X\n-', flags=re.DOTALL)
'-+-'