This is an upstream change, as a byproduct of issue #10182 http://bugs.python.org/issue10182
In that bug, a complaint was made that match starts were being truncated on x64 Windows machines, so the types were changed to longs. I can reproduce this with hg tip of the 2.7 branch, and the world will see it whenever 2.7.4 is released. You see it in Ubuntu because we track hg tip, so you're getting this change before 2.7.4 is released. It's arguably a backward incompatible change to Python 2.7 and perhaps it should be reverted (but it's a tough call). I'll update the Python issue, but I suggest you nosey yourself to it and engage on the change there. I think your description on this bug is inaccurate since afaict it only affects the re module. I'll update that, but if you know of other apis that are affected, please let me know. ** Bug watch added: Python Roundup #10182 http://bugs.python.org/issue10182 ** Summary changed: - Regression: some python library functions return wrong types + re module apis return longs now -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to genshi in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1097783 Title: re module apis return longs now To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/genshi/+bug/1097783/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
