From: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 21:03:49 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: gh-111259: Document idiomatic RE pattern (?s:.) that matches any character (GH-120745)
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gh-111259: Document idiomatic RE pattern (?s:.) that matches any character (GH-120745)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index bce36660afca..cc979fe66f7f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ The special characters are:
 ``.``
    (Dot.)  In the default mode, this matches any character except a newline.  If
    the :const:`DOTALL` flag has been specified, this matches any character
-   including a newline.
+   including a newline.  ``(?s:.)`` matches any character regardless of flags.
 
 .. index:: single: ^ (caret); in regular expressions