Helmut Jarausch wrote: > I'd like to request adding the module > > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/regex > > to Python's standard library in the (near) future or to even replace the > current 're' module by it. > > Personally I'm in need for fuzzy regular expressions and I don't see how > to do this easily and efficiently without this module. > > For a long term project I also need some "guarantee" that this > functionality will exist in future.
There has been a discussion about that particular module, and it would have gone into 3.3 if it were not for the low "bus count" (only the author having working knowledge of the code). > So, is there a (formal) procedure for such a request or for initiating > some sort of vote on it? > > I know there is a "Benevolent Dictator" for Python. > Should I try to contact him personally? I don't think that will help. From PEP 408: """ As part of the same announcement, Guido explicitly accepted Matthew Barnett's 'regex' module [4] as a provisional addition to the standard library for Python 3.3 (using the 'regex' name, rather than as a drop-in replacement for the existing 're' module). """ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
