Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> added the comment: So, to my reading of teh compatibility PEP this cannot be added wholesale, unless there is a pure Python version as well. However, if it replaced re (read: patched) it would be valid.
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Nick Coghlan <rep...@bugs.python.org>wrote: > > Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> added the comment: > > As part of the PEP 408 discussions, Guido approved the addition of 'regex' > in 3.3 (using that name, rather than as a drop-in replacement for re) [1,2] > > That should greatly ease the backwards compatibility concerns, even if it > isn't as transparent an upgrade path. > > [1] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-January/115961.html > [2] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-January/115962.html > > ---------- > nosy: +ncoghlan > > _______________________________________ > Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> > <http://bugs.python.org/issue2636> > _______________________________________ > ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue2636> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
