Message 336646 - Python tracker

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I think the only reason I didn't mention this discrepancy in my doc updates is because I wasn't aware there *was* a discrepancy.

The weird syntax was then just an incorrect amalgamation of "optional argument" notation with an improperly escaped regex suffix.