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[3.12] gh-146333: Fix quadratic regex backtracking in configparser option parsing (GH-146399) (GH-148559)#154081

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[3.12] gh-146333: Fix quadratic regex backtracking in configparser option parsing (GH-146399) (GH-148559)#154081
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Use negative lookahead in option regex to prevent backtracking, and to avoid changing logic outside the regexes (since people could use the regex directly).

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…ser option parsing (pythonGH-146399) (pythonGH-148559)

Use negative lookahead in option regex to prevent backtracking, and to avoid changing logic outside the regexes (since people could use the regex directly).
(cherry picked from commit 7e0a0be)

Co-authored-by: Joshua Swanson <22283299+joshuaswanson@users.noreply.github.com>
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