Fix #61072: inconsistent fullmatch results with regex alternation #61343
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.
Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
in PyArrow strings
Fixes an issue where regex patterns with alternation (|) produce different results between str dtype and string[pyarrow] dtype. When using patterns like "(as)|(as)", PyArrow implementation would incorrectly match "asdf" while Python's implementation correctly rejects it. The fix adds special handling to ensure alternation patterns are properly parenthesized when using PyArrow-backed strings