def __mul__(self,other):
        """Implementation of * operator, allows use of C{expr * 3} in place of
           C{expr + expr + expr}.  Expressions may also me multiplied by a 2-integer
           tuple, similar to C{{min,max}} multipliers in regular expressions.  Tuples
           may also include C{None} as in:
            - C{expr*(n,None)} or C{expr*(n,)} is equivalent
              to C{expr*n + L{ZeroOrMore}(expr)}
              (read as "at least n instances of C{expr}")
            - C{expr*(None,n)} is equivalent to C{expr*(0,n)}
              (read as "0 to n instances of C{expr}")
            - C{expr*(None,None)} is equivalent to C{L{ZeroOrMore}(expr)}
            - C{expr*(1,None)} is equivalent to C{L{OneOrMore}(expr)}

           Note that C{expr*(None,n)} does not raise an exception if
           more than n exprs exist in the input stream; that is,
           C{expr*(None,n)} does not enforce a maximum number of expr
           occurrences.  If this behavior is desired, then write
           C{expr*(None,n) + ~expr}

        """
        if isinstance(other,int):
            minElements, optElements = other,0
        elif isinstance(other,tuple):
            other = (other + (None, None))[:2]
            if other[0] is None:
                other = (0, other[1])
            if isinstance(other[0],int) and other[1] is None:
                if other[0] == 0:
                    return ZeroOrMore(self)
                if other[0] == 1:
                    return OneOrMore(self)
                else:
                    return self*other[0] + ZeroOrMore(self)
            elif isinstance(other[0],int) and isinstance(other[1],int):
                minElements, optElements = other
                optElements -= minElements
            else:
                raise TypeError("cannot multiply 'ParserElement' and ('%s','%s') objects", type(other[0]),type(other[1]))
        else:
            raise TypeError("cannot multiply 'ParserElement' and '%s' objects", type(other))

        if minElements < 0:
            raise ValueError("cannot multiply ParserElement by negative value")
        if optElements < 0:
            raise ValueError("second tuple value must be greater or equal to first tuple value")
        if minElements == optElements == 0:
            raise ValueError("cannot multiply ParserElement by 0 or (0,0)")

        if (optElements):
            def makeOptionalList(n):
                if n>1:
                    return Optional(self + makeOptionalList(n-1))
                else:
                    return Optional(self)
            if minElements:
                if minElements == 1:
                    ret = self + makeOptionalList(optElements)
                else:
                    ret = And([self]*minElements) + makeOptionalList(optElements)
            else:
                ret = makeOptionalList(optElements)
        else:
            if minElements == 1:
                ret = self
            else:
                ret = And([self]*minElements)
        return ret
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