Possessive is different from both greedy and lazy. It's like greedy except that ...

josephcsible on May 23, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: What’s in Which Python

Possessive is different from both greedy and lazy. It's like greedy except that it won't give back anything it matches, even if doing so would be necessary for the full pattern to match. See https://stackoverflow.com/q/5319840/7509065 for a more detailed explanation.