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Replaced the invalid escape sequence \{ in a regex inside services/listing_synthesis.py with { to avoid a SyntaxWarning in Python 3.12.


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This pull request modifies a regular expression in services/listing_synthesis.py by removing the backslash escapes from curly braces. The reviewer correctly points out that curly braces are reserved metacharacters in regular expressions, and escaping them is standard practice to avoid ambiguity and maintain robustness. Reverting this change is recommended.

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# Strip markdown
clean_json = response_text
json_match = re.search(r'```(?:json)?\s*(\{.*?\})\s*```', response_text, re.DOTALL)
json_match = re.search(r'```(?:json)?\s*({.*?})\s*```', response_text, re.DOTALL)

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The original code used a raw string literal (r'...'), so \{ is not treated as an invalid Python escape sequence and does not trigger a SyntaxWarning in Python 3.12.

In regular expressions, { is a reserved metacharacter used for quantifiers (e.g., {m,n}). Although Python's re module currently falls back to treating { as a literal when it is not followed by a valid quantifier pattern, relying on this behavior is discouraged. Escaping it as \{ is the standard and robust way to match a literal { and avoids potential parsing ambiguity.

It is recommended to revert this change to keep the regex robust and clear.

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json_match = re.search(r'```(?:json)?\s*({.*?})\s*```', response_text, re.DOTALL)
json_match = re.search(r'```(?:json)?\s*(\{.*?\})\s*```', response_text, re.DOTALL)

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